Never one to leave us without fodder for our little website, Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez worked himself into a tizzy this weekend over some military strikes Colombia committed in a cross-border raid against a leading FARC rebel commander taking refuge in Ecuador.

In a statement, Colombia said FARC “terrorists” including [second in command] Reyes “have had the custom of killing in Colombia and taking refuge in the territory of neighboring countries.”

[Ecuadorian president Rafael] Correa said the rebels were “bombed and massacred as they slept, using precision technology.” He said Colombia violated Ecuador’s airspace when it bombed the rebel camp, which the Colombian military said was located 1.1 miles from the border.

Do you see the word Venezuela in that story? Us either. But that’s never stopped old Huey from putting in his dos centavos:

“Mr. Defense Minister, move 10 battalions to the border with Colombia for me, immediately — tank battalions. Deploy the air force,” Chavez said during his weekly TV and radio program. “We don’t want war, but we aren’t going to permit the U.S. empire, which is the master (of Colombia) … to come divide us.”

Well, this should get interesting. Or zzzzzzzz.

Chavez warns of war with Colombia [Boston Globe]