Monday, March 28, 2005
Now militaries are not allowed to have weapons
Idiocity and the Bush administration go hand in hand. This story is about a new version of that moronic tendency. Like Ortega or Chavez are going to give up weapons because the U.S. has said so. Someone must have forgotten that that the U.S. fought a terrorist war against Ortega and at the very least was implicitly supporting a coup against Chavez. These are the typees of actions that make people what to have weapons so they can defend themselves against you dumbass self.
Jax
JIM LOBE, INTER PRESS SERVICE - While U.S. President George W. Bush played nice to a deeply frustrated Mexican President Vicente Fox at the North American Summit Wednesday, U.S. media attention was focused on Pentagon chief Donald Rumsfeld's efforts to sound the alarm against Latin American troublemakers.
Topping his list was populist Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, followed by a nemesis from bygone days, former Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, who was accused by an unnamed "senior official" in Rumsfeld's delegation of hoarding several hundred Russian-made surface-to-air missiles that Washington wants to see destroyed.
Indeed, at the start of Rumsfeld's trip, Washington announced the suspension of all U.S. military assistance to Nicaragua - about 2.3 million dollars' worth - pending the destruction of the missiles that Washington contend might be obtained by terrorists.
At the same time, the right-wing National Review published a cover story by Bush's top Latin America aide during his first term, Otto Reich, on "Latin America's Terrible Two," referring to Chavez and Cuban President Fidel Castro.
The magazine's cover, with a photo of the two men in close conversation, featured a banner reading "The Axis of Evil . . . Western Hemisphere Version.". . .
"The emerging axis of subversion forming between Cuba and Venezuela must be confronted before it can undermine democracy in Colombia, Nicaragua, Bolivia, or another vulnerable neighbour," he wrote, echoing a series of opinion pieces that have appeared mostly in the editorial pages of the Wall Street Journal in recent weeks.
Rumsfeld's efforts appeared to be part of an orchestrated campaign that began in January when, during her confirmation hearings, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice referred to Chavez as a "negative force" in the region. (Link)
Jax
JIM LOBE, INTER PRESS SERVICE - While U.S. President George W. Bush played nice to a deeply frustrated Mexican President Vicente Fox at the North American Summit Wednesday, U.S. media attention was focused on Pentagon chief Donald Rumsfeld's efforts to sound the alarm against Latin American troublemakers.
Topping his list was populist Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, followed by a nemesis from bygone days, former Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, who was accused by an unnamed "senior official" in Rumsfeld's delegation of hoarding several hundred Russian-made surface-to-air missiles that Washington wants to see destroyed.
Indeed, at the start of Rumsfeld's trip, Washington announced the suspension of all U.S. military assistance to Nicaragua - about 2.3 million dollars' worth - pending the destruction of the missiles that Washington contend might be obtained by terrorists.
At the same time, the right-wing National Review published a cover story by Bush's top Latin America aide during his first term, Otto Reich, on "Latin America's Terrible Two," referring to Chavez and Cuban President Fidel Castro.
The magazine's cover, with a photo of the two men in close conversation, featured a banner reading "The Axis of Evil . . . Western Hemisphere Version.". . .
"The emerging axis of subversion forming between Cuba and Venezuela must be confronted before it can undermine democracy in Colombia, Nicaragua, Bolivia, or another vulnerable neighbour," he wrote, echoing a series of opinion pieces that have appeared mostly in the editorial pages of the Wall Street Journal in recent weeks.
Rumsfeld's efforts appeared to be part of an orchestrated campaign that began in January when, during her confirmation hearings, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice referred to Chavez as a "negative force" in the region. (Link)
