Venezuela, Ecuador send troops to Columbian border

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any chance this could turn into a real war?

Chavez is not a stupid man

Problem is, the way Chavez's popularity has been going down hill, he may decide that he needs a war to unite people behind him.  It would be risky, but if he thinks he'd be going down anyway, he may well decide to go down fighting rather than peacefully.

That's just silly.  He's still plenty popular to maintain power, and war is not something banana republics can sustain. 

Besides, Columbia has a large and powerful military built up by the Empire - it is after all the main satellite in South America.  It normally is used to go around torturing peasants who supposedly support FARC, but it could easily best a Venezuelan/Ecuadorean invasion.  Keep in mind that both of those countries, being left-leaning, have very small militaries, due to not receiving any support from the US.

No, this dispute is simply about the Columbian regime entering the territory of another sovereign country for the purpose of killing its political opponents.  People get upset about violations of sovereign territory, and besides, Chavez probably considered the guy who was killed a personal friend.

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Fidel Castro is at least still a source of fun:

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His claim is indisputable - the US proxy state Columbia violated the soveriegn territory of Ecuador in order to kill a political opponent.  How can you blind yourself to the fact that the Empire caused this war?

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"Genocidal" though?  I know the far left like hyperbole as much as the right, but sheesh.  That's like PETA comparing a chicken farm to the holocaust.

Well, that's true, I'll admit, if you think of genocide Serbian or Sudanese style.  But he probably thinks of capitalist domination and enslavement as 'genocidal' in a larger sense. 

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Apparently another senior FARC fella has been deaded.

It is worrying.

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Only if your a Commie in South America (or standing next to one).

I generally 'root for' any of the Resistance, deadman.