Russian Navy Sends Squadron to Venezuela

At the behest of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who continues to assert that the United States poses a military threat to his country, the Russian Federation dispatched a naval squadron to Latin America, the first such move by America's rival since the Cold War.
We cannot tolerate such an aggressive move by the Russians, who seek to wield greater influence in America's backyard. Their maneuver is no doubt a response to America's proposed expansion of NATO to include Ukraine and Georgia, countries that border Russia.
We must seek to expand our dialogue and our economic aid with Latin America, so that we are its preferred benefactor, not Russia. Furthermore, we must deploy U.S. naval forces of our own to once again enforce the integrity of The Monroe Doctrine, and The Roosevelt Corollary to it.