A more militaristic Venezuela

It's certainly a possibility, if one is to believe this article from the Wall Street Journal: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120209345977739855.html. Hugo Chavez' behaviour is not unusual, looking back on history. Dictators often resort to antagonizing neighbours to deflect attention away from domestic concerns, and Venezuela clearly has a lot of domestic concerns. The question here is, will Chavez go so far as to provoke an actual military conflict with Colombia, and if so, what effect with that have on the world? No one knows the answers to those questions right now................