DUDE, REIN-O!

The Prophetic Carpenter was at it early this morning, while The Foreman and I discussed the failing economy and his desires to see all the Republicans run out of Washington, The Prophetic rocked back and forth in his plywood chair.

“Russia is sending an armada over to our side of the Atlantic.  They’ve joined forces with Venezuela.  Hundreds of submarines, in OUR waters!”  he chuckled in a sinister way.

I just had to do a fact check, and found this article from September 8.  This may have missed the MSM.

Russian Fleet Plans Joint Exercise with Venezuela

Neil Richard Leslie | September 08, 2008

Russia and Venezuela may stage joint naval exercises around Venezuelan territorial waters this November when four Russian warships arrive in the Caribbean, according to BBC reports.  Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez has welcomed news of the Russian fleet’s proposed visit, dismissing US concerns about Russian enroachment in the area.  Mr Chavez said: “Russia’s naval fleet is welcome here. If it’s possible, we’ll stage an exercise in our Caribbean waters.”  It will be the first time such an exercise has been undertaken in the Americas.

Despite American concerns, Russian foreign ministry spokesman, Andrei Nesterenko, inisisted the move had no connection to events in Georgia, and was in no way directed against any third country. President Chavez, who has already called for a strategic alliance between Venezuela and the Kremlin, supported the Russian intervention in Georgia, and has accused the US of being scared of Moscow’s “new world potential.”

So it is true.  It is very scary.

“Putin…never…bluffs.”  he said.   And Chavez is crazy enough to instigate something with the U.S.  He keeps a low profile.   While the “President Ahmadinejad Show” continues to tour the news circuits, Chavez is secretly hatching this mischievous scheme against the United States, by making an ally of our former “#1 Enemy.”

Hey may even try to turn the rest of Latin America against us.  That is when we will need our brothers and sisters from Mexico, El Salvador, and Nicaragua.  The very same immigrants that many Americans despise may be our only hope.  Unfortunately, most of their governments are already corrupt (supposedly, the President of Mexico draws a higher government salary than the President of Los Estados Unidos).

When these governments go to war, no working class person of any race or nationality will be spared.

(From bloomberg.com)

Al-Qaeda Chief in Pakistan Killed by Missile, Al-Jazeera Says

By Ed Johnson

Sept. 10 (Bloomberg) — Al-Qaeda’s newly appointed leader in Pakistan, Abu Haris, and two commanders were killed in a missile attack in the tribal region bordering Afghanistan, al- Jazeera reported.

At least 25 people were killed in the attack two days ago, when a drone fired a missile on a housing compound near a religious school in North Waziristan, the Qatar-based broadcaster cited unidentified security officials and Pakistani villagers as saying.

The school, near the town of Miran Shah, was founded by Taliban leader Jalaluddin Haqqani, whose sister-in-law was injured in the attack, according to the report. Haqqani wasn’t present at the time and was probably in Afghanistan, al-Jazeera said.

U.S. intelligence agencies say al-Qaeda has established bases in Pakistan’s tribal region from where it supports and directs the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan. Al-Qaeda hasn’t commented on the missile attack, according to the report.

To contact the reporter on this story: Ed Johnson in Sydney at ejohnson28@bloomberg.net.

I heard this on NPR this morning but actually had to search to find it.  Why?  Because the major media outlets available to most of us are too busy talking about Sarah Palin’s lipstick and a bunch of scientists on a big particle accelerator.

I guess I too have to admit getting caught up in the election drama, but I’ve paused for a bit to give much props to the U.S. forces in this victory. Well done.