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One of the most bizarre of our many bizarre politicians, Mrs Michelle Bachman, religious maniac and Republican representative from Minnesota has called for a "tea party" right-wing rally in the Congress against the Obama/insurance company health plans. I have heard that anarchists and other left-wingers plan to infiltrate themselves among the conservatives in this event to agitate on Capital Hill for single-payer, nationalized health care on the European model. That should be quite a party, but if this is true it could be a clever move. US police rarely bother conservative political events, but often arrest leftist demonstrators without provocation. Stay tuned.

Preliminary reports from Fort Hood, Texas are that a Jordanian-American Major opened fire at a military ceremony there, killing 13 other Army personnel and injuring 30 others before being himself gunned down. There have been a couple of other such incidents since the US invasion of Iraq back in 2001 and of course years ago there were many such in Viet Nam as Army personnel realized that they were mere pawns in that colonial war. What is interesting is this is the first time I have heard of a field-grade officer being the killer, and apparently there are others involved as well.

Reports are still very fragmentary, let's wait a bit and see what else shakes out.

• But it really is only a matter of time until dissident factions within the military get smart and do what your President Hugo Chavez Frias did in 1992.

The spectacle the US White House and Congress are making of themselves, exposing for all to see their open corruption in the debate on health care reform and in their handling of the banking crisis has gone very far indeed in removing any sense among our commons of the legitimacy of the government. It is only a matter of time before something breaks down and these people are swept into the dustbin of history. In the USA, without any substantial left, only the Army could possibly replace the bankrupt and corrupt civil government. This must happen sooner or later.

The Obama government are quite aware of this and aim to keep the military involved in Iraq and Afghanistan for as long as possible; Washington is full of reports tonight that the government will request hundreds of billions more for these wars. This is why it is now time for Venezuela to put new pressure on Washington (and Bogota) by open recognition of the FARC and the EP as bona fide belligerents in the Colombian civil conflict now underway. The left forces there badly need re-supply of 7.62 x 39mm ammunition and other materials. These exist in plenitude in the arsenals of Venezuela's Russian friends and I would hate to see anyone in Colombia wanting to fight for freedom against the despicable narco-oligarchy there deprived of the means to do so.

Come on Hugo, why not buy a few million cartridges for the only Colombians who are not interested in selling their country to the empire of North America?

With so many US forces heavily committed in Central and Western Asia seems to me there is little the empire can do to Venezuela more than it is already now doing. The redoubtable Eva Golinger in these pages shows us that the US Air Force is openly requesting in its budget funds to enable military operations eventually from Colombian airports.

Shall we wait until the empire is in position to strike?

Why not make things hot for Uncle Sam before that?

Peace with the empire is illusion.

The moment when troops sufficient for the occupation of Venezuela's oil fields are available is the moment when the empire will come for you.

The time is now to prepare a fine reception for them.

From the imperial capital

Chris Herz
chris.herz@vheadline.com

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