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American Empire strikes out in Latin America?!

vidi vici veni

Pedantic Lurker
Aug 17, 2001
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Across the Rubicon
Here's an excerpt from a column by the entertaining Rick Salutin in last Friday's Globe and Mail. I found it kinda interesting. Maybe others will too.

"As they say in Latin America, there has never been a coup in the U.S. because there's no American embassy there. Last week, the coup happened in Venezuela, ousting elected president Hugo Chavez. In previous weeks, "members of the country's diverse opposition" had visited the U.S. embassy (The Washington Post) and met "senior members of the Bush administration" in Washington who sent "informal, subtle signals that we don't like this guy" (The New York Times). The Pentagon spokesperson said she was "not aware" if the U.S. gave military support to the coup, and Bush spokesman Ari Fleischer suggested the President was pleased. There are many reasons they wanted Hugo Chavez out -- his social reforms, his opposition to bombing Afghanistan ("fighting terrorism with terrorism"). But never mind that, it's all standard, like U.S.-backed coups in Guatemala (1954) or Chile (1973) -- down to the pot-banging street protests and U.S.-allied labour leaders. They all come from the same coup cookie-cutter. What was different is that this time the coup crumbled and Hugo Chavez is back. For the first time, the superpower failed in a back-yard coup."

IMHO, it looks like Bush is living down to some folks' previous low expectations.

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Speaking as a US citizen, there is nothing more humbling than having a president such as G. W. Bush. He is a man who revels in seeing the world in black and white. Any issues involving complexity or subtlety, are unfortunately, lost on him. So vvv I agree, but no one should be surprised. This is someone who tries to convey intelligence by furrowing his brow and squinting his eyes.

It occurs to me that my country's greatest president, Abe Lincoln, would have a hard time getting elected to a small town city council today. How sad.

btw. Also sorry about the Canadians lost in Afghanistan recently due to friendly fire, and by GW's lack of appropriate response. "War is all hell", William T. Sherman
 
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