The United States should remove Hugo Chavez from power

The resolution means that the United States should go into Venezuela and remove their president Hugo Chavez from political office and bar him fom ever being in a position of international power. Terrorists have been wrecking havoc on the world for years, and have killed many innocent people. Terrorists are not scared of death and will commit suicide for their cause, and will use any means to kill. They will use deadly weapons to achieve these means. The reason terrorists are able to obtain weapons such as RPG's and road side bombs and IED's is because they are being funded by corrupt people and corrupt government officials. An example is Hugo Chavez, the president of Venezuela. He is directly funding the FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia), who are heavily involved in drug trafficking, and kidnapping, murdering, and use IED's to destroy towns. A computer was recovered on a Columbian military raid, the computer owned by Raï¿½l Reyes (second in command of the FARC) documents show ties between Ecuador and also shows Chavez directly funded the FARC 300 million dollars. The money was going to be used to purchase uranium for nuclear weapon development. Venezuelan authorities have let the FARC drug traffic run freely through their country an estimated 300 tons annually to be exported to the US and Europe, A very profitable agreement between the FARC and Chavez. Also, Hugo Chavez has funneled 1 million dollars to Al-Qaeda terrorist organization in Afghanistan shortly after September 11, 2001, which as we all know was a terrorist attack against the US. And Hugo Chavez said that the US "brought it upon themselves." Larry Klayman of the Judicial Watch organization said "Chavez, as President of Venezuela, and in furtherance of his radical terrorist agenda, initiated a plan to assist, aid, and abet bin Laden and al-Qaeda to relocate and train terrorists for future attacks on the United States." Venezuelan government has issued a type of Social Security Card to Cuba, Colombia and Middle Eastern nations that host foreign terrorist organizations. These cards help terrorists come across the US border and will soon strike in not only American cities but in cities around the world. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez spent over $2.17 billion in 2005 to acquire Russian assault rifles and helicopters, Spanish transport aircraft and missile-capable corvettes, and Brazilian turboprop light attack aircraft. Chavez also bought 100,000 AK-103 and AK-104 assault rifles that were delivered in 2006. On Feb. 4, however, Chavez said that "100,000 rifles are not enough," and declared that many more rifles are needed to arm his one million-strong military reserve, that's another 900,000 rifles to buy. The Chavez government's shopping list for 2006 includes MiG-29 Fulcrums, possibly Sukhoi SU-27 Flankers, and air defense missiles, including both man-portable and vehicle-mounted SAMs. Chavez said in 2005 that he would buy up to 50 MiG-29 Fulcrums in a deal worth up to $5 billion. He also plans on being president of Venezuela until 2021 or 2027. He is going to be in office for a long time, and with all of his military spending, it is obvious he is planning on war. With a bitter rivalry between him and Columbia, there seems to be a war very soon. In order to prevent another war the USA needs to take action first. We need to learn from history. Britain and France in the 1930s did not oppose Hitler when he was violating the Treaty of Versailles, by seizing pieces of territory; instead they kept giving in to appease him. They needed to stop Hitler while he was weak, instead of waiting until he was too strong. Because they didn't take action when they could have it turned into a World War, where millions of lives were lost. Hugo Chavez is a threat to the world. He needs to be stopped. We need to learn from history and stop him before he terrorizes the world for a very long time.