On Tue, 15 Jun 2004 11:10:09 -0500, Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <snip> >>Other than > > giving some people twitchy fingers and delusions of grandeur what does > > having no enemy in the world being one tenth as strong as us done? > > It has allowed us to be a lot firmer with right wing dictatorships that are > in our sphere of influence. If you look at the Latin American governments > during and after the Cold War, you will see a remarkable shift in the type > of governments. Right wing dictatorships lost the leverage of "do you want > Communists instead of us?" > > The one military intervention in Latin America during this time ended up > very successful. There is now a representative government in Panama; > superior to both Noreaga (sp) for both the US and the people of Panama. > > Dan M.
Panama is better, the family of a former dictator still runs the country but they hold elections. I haven't noticed any changes toward right dictatorships under Bush 1 and Bush 2 except for turning against the former US supported creations that went too far - Noriega and Saddam. Bush 2 has even brought back all the old 'cold warriors' that Bush 1 ignored and has put heavy pressure, including removing one, against the Americas governments not supportive enough of GOP positions. The Organization of American States is not happy with Bush 2: (AP) - Despite objections from the United States and Haiti, the Organization of American States opened the way for an investigation into the ouster of Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. The OAS General Assembly also called for elections in Haiti as soon as possible. But the debate over a probe into the coup went for hours until the body on Tuesday night finally approved a resolution calling Aristide's ouster unconstitutional and allowing an assessment of what occurred. Aristide accuses the United States of forcing him from office - a charge Washington denies. A U.S.-supplied jet flew Aristide to the Central African Republic on Feb. 29 as [- US armed] rebels advanced on the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, and he is now in asylum in South Africa after spending several weeks in Jamaica. ... The 15-member Caribbean Community still refuses to recognize Haiti's new government. http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4185939,00.html Gary Denton - Marching backwards Maru #1 on google for liberal news
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