Venezuela We Love You, But You’re Freaking Us Out

Hey, not to bum you out on September 11th or anything, but Hugo Chavez just welcomed some Russian bomber jets into his place for some pre-training for that nuclear powered battleship testing he’s planning with the Russian navy. You know the one that has absolutely nothing to do with the Georgian conflict or Prime Minister Putin’s threat to “mount an unspecified response to recent U.S. aid shipments to Georgia”? Yeah, that one. Kind of slipped under the lipstick-on-a-pig radar. Oh, and Chavez also told United States commercial airlines they can just plan less trips to his country after they questioned the security of Venezuelan airports recently. Testy in more ways than one! We’re sure it’s nothing to worry about, though. Go back to reliving the magic of 9/11.

Venezuela cuts flights by U.S. airlines-report [Reuters]
Russia to hold military exercise with Venezuela [MSNBC]