The air force's main weapons consist of a series of different types of aircraft. ... Some the targets that were attacked includes "railroad facilities, bridges, factories, and oil refineries and killed tens of thousands of civilians in firebombings of such cities as Dresden, Hamburg, and Tokyo" (Britannica 2). ...
Hugo Chavez's friendship with (and discounted oil sales to) Fidel Castro, his criticism of the U.S. war on terrorism, his cordial relations with the mid-east OPEC partners, his apparent sympathy for Colombia's FARC guerrillas, and his denial of Venezuelan airspace for U.S. drug war missions have all been sore points with the Bush administration. ...