Source: Reuters, via Yahoo!

Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez unveiled thousands of cartons of rifles, bought from Russia supposedly to head off a U.S. “invasion.” Lovingly, his official press office released the dingbat photo above.

What a bunch of slobs.

Via a Bloomberg item found by Alek Boyd at VCrisis, here is what Chavez had to say about this new development, and I kid you not:

“Soldiers, this rifle is your new girlfriend. A real soldier loves his rifle.”

Miguel has tons more photos of Chavez posing with his “girlfriend” in this special link here.