Re: [Biofuel] war with venezuela?

2005-09-22 Thread Andres Yver
On 9/21/05, Richard Littrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Andres,I am just guessing on the basis of having lived here a long time (theUS) and watched how the government works in South America.I see twopossibilities not necessarily mutually exclusive.The build up maybe just so much saber rattling,

Re: [Biofuel] war with venezuela?

2005-09-21 Thread Richard Littrell
Dear Andres, I am just guessing on the basis of having lived here a long time (the US) and watched how the government works in South America. I see two possibilities not necessarily mutually exclusive. The build up maybe just so much saber rattling, an attempt o scare Chavez into backing

[Biofuel] war with venezuela?

2005-09-20 Thread Andres Yver
Egads! Just got back from a dinner party with the local elite, and everyone was discussing an imminent US attack on Venezuela. As though it were fact. A done deal. Asking me (half yank) to explain what on earth is going on in the good old us of a. Much chatter about 'surgical' strikes. Oil.