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Cool lets sever our ties with them I love that idea as a matter lets get all our corporations to pull all their factories out of South America and oh yes let's not insult them by giving any aid to them don't want to force American Imperialism on them by giving medical aid, food, clean water etc and lets concentrate our efforts in our own country. That sound good to guys? Certainly does to me
Originally posted by DaFunk13
I gotta put a little gas on this fire....
Throughout the last 100 years most leaders in South America have been puppets of US interests. We have moved lots of factories, refineries, etc...into these places to reap the benefits of their resources. All the while, these countries remain poor, under-educated, and at the complete whim of Uncle Sam. Castro has paved the way for leaders to sever these ties with "US Imperialism" and leave a little more of the peoples destinies in their own hands. This has made them very unpopular.
Like it was posted above, there are quite a few leaders in SA that are anti-US imperialism. Castro and Chavez are just the few that are outspoken enough that the US media feels a need to discredit them. They are not evil men. They are people who have worked in sweatshops and fields so us americans can have some cheap goods, all the while being so poor they can barely feed their families. Over the decades this will definately cause some anti-US sentiment.
We all need to try to better understand these situations without falling victim to our medias bias. Remember MSNBC and FOX and CNN only exist to sell you these same products that people and lands worldwide have been exploited to create.
The key is in the commercials...everything else is fluff...mind control...
Originally posted by Strangerous
Apart from stand up to the US, depose a US-puppet, encourage free-speech, forge links with non-alligned countries, and sell his oil to whoever he likes - what exactly has Chavez done to earn the Hitler tag?
Invaded another country?
Rounded up dissidents?
Assumed absolute power and cancelled democracy?
Do any of you know?
Can any of you justify this Rum-speak propoganda?
Originally posted by Strangerous
Not from what I've read - do you have any sources for your claims?
Originally posted by Strangerous
Yeah that's a good source you gave:
Rumsfeld was there spreading peace & goodwill nothing sinister there
No mention of the fact that after the previous failed coup attempt all the plotters were tortured and returned broken men - except Saddam who returned fit and healthy from Cairo (where he spent lots of time at the US Embassy being trained and groomed by CIA) confident he now had CIA backing.
www.hartford-hwp.com...
www.iranian.com...
coat.ncf.ca...
www.bopnews.com...
Do you really have no idea what is done in your name?
[edit on 9-2-2006 by Strangerous]
Originally posted by ludaChris
Are you referring to Rumsfelds meeting with Saddam? If so I am most aware of it. He was the lesser of 2 evils at the time, we chose to back Saddam because it was in our interest at the time. This is how international politics works, its all about interest and benefits for countries. You know there is no REAL proof that Saddam was put in power by the CIA. I have no doubt the CIA gave him intel during their war with Iran, it would be naive not to think that, but theres no real proof of it and you know it, you can bring up all these links supporting your claim all you want. This is something that isnt even unofficially acknowldedged let alone officially.
Originally posted by dgtempe
I thought we already had a new Hitler.
Chavez is an uneducated animal with clothes on, with a 3rd grade education. What do you suppose he knows??
At least Fidel Castro (his buddy) had a college education.
Chavez is what is called "El Burro"
I am an Argentine (38 years old) , I am not talking out of my ass
...In the recent past, after the Chavez government opened the airwaves to freedom of expression, most of the privately-owned media (which is almost entirely anti-Chavez and include the above-mentioned) began to irresponsibly broadcast all sorts of lies and unfounded and unverifiable information...
Venezuela buying weapons from Russia!!