Oh my God! I just found this:

The following comes from a Mike Caeser article in July 2005:

"During recent months, Venezuela has been buying 100,000 AK-47 rifles and military helicopters from Russia, as well as ships and planes from Brazil and Spain. The arms-buying spree worries Colombian leaders, while US officials have asked why Venezuela bought more rifles than it has soldiers. Those officials have suggested that excess rifles might be smuggled to illegal armed groups in Colombia.

"What in the world [is the threat] that Venezuela sees that makes them want to have all those weapons?" US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld told the Miami Herald recently."


You've got to be kidding me!!! I don't know Rummy... maybe Hugo's a certified psychic? Or, and stay with me here, he's not BLIND?!

The whole article can be found at: http://peaceandjustice.org/article.p...50705185421487