I am not sure whether you are saying that the US would have no reason to get involved or would be justified in doing so. I am leery of this conversation since I know less than nothing about Ecuador and all I know about Venezuala is that the administration stooges seem to think it's evil somehow. Gel on the other hand soes seem to be frothing at the mouth a bit, so I don't want to adopt his position without factchecking it and I may be just a bit too busy or lazy to do so.
But the idea that the US would become involved in Latin America more or less because it can is far from ridiculous. If this is ok in your opinion, well, I don't have time for this discussion. On the whole I believe in leaving people alone if they are no threat to me. And dude. Terrorism as a justification for Iraq? Aren't we past that yet? On 1/8/06, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dana wrote: > > I am neutral and somewhat ignorant of the specifics here > > Well, that makes 2 of us, but I'm not questioning why we *would've* > been involved, or if we were. Just what Gel's reasoning is as to why > he thinks the US is motivated to poke sticks at Latin America now > (post 2000). > > Basically, the US has an energy motivation and a drug motivation. > Both couldn't remotely be considered unreasonable. Everybody on the > planet wants stable energy and an end to drug problems. Stable > reasonable governments mean stable oil. That also mean peaceful > aspirational living. (This + terrorism answers your Iraq question) > > So the issue I have is that, to listen to Gel, the US seems to like to > poke sticks at Latin America for no apparent reason. I'm wondering if > he has a theory or just thinks every US President enjoys tormenting > Latin America. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:191077 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
