ez, right now i think it's just putin telling hugo what he wants to hear and sticking washington in the eye....

a russian built reactor under venezuelan maintanance? c'mon! thier water plants, streets, oil refineries, electrical grid, etc,etc have all deteriorated to the point of scrap because they dont maintain them...

hondo stated that the US would'nt be too happy about hugo having a reactor. kinda like iran having nukes...while the rest of the world might bitch/moan about "US interventionalism".... i think secretly most folks realize there is a time for intervention...

it might not be politically correct, but the fact is (for the good of humanity) you dont give the crazy iranians nuclear weapons and you dont give the bananheads a reactor...

to be honest, i'm kinda suprised washington has remained so quiet about the russian arms...putin is testing us imo