> Fears mount as US opens new military installation in Paraguay
15 March 2006, 00:40
There is no fear mounting for you. You are sitting in your little North American isolation chamber but how do you think that the Bolivians and other South Americans feel about this. You can’t deny that there are American flyboys in country, the Pentagon has even said that they are there and in the Chaco. Just think about the US relations with Chavez, then reflect on the activities undertaken by US military in the cocalero zone of Bolivia, (In 2001 I was traveliing through Bolivia and saw some of the destroyed coca plantations and read the local papers that dealt with the presence of US military on the ground and threats of reduced loans etc. if they didn’t participate in the war on drugs. So you may not have any sense of urgency and you may be right that we don’t have the men to be setting a permanent base. But take a look at the closures of bases in Europe and the redistribution of forces. They aren’t all going to Iraq. So while some of the claims may be a bit overextended the gist of this article rings true. Hegemony is the name of the game and if you don’t buy it look up the Plan for the New American Century (PNAC) a frightening yet illuminating document formulated by Cheney, Rumsfeld, et al. It speaks volumes about our presence in Iraq and other strategic military operations. Enjoy
There is no fear mounting for you. You are sitting in your little North American isolation chamber but how do you think that the Bolivians and other South Americans feel about this. You can’t deny that there are American flyboys in country, the Pentagon has even said that they are there and in the Chaco. Just think about the US relations with Chavez, then reflect on the activities undertaken by US military in the cocalero zone of Bolivia, (In 2001 I was traveliing through Bolivia and saw some of the destroyed coca plantations and read the local papers that dealt with the presence of US military on the ground and threats of reduced loans etc. if they didn’t participate in the war on drugs. So you may not have any sense of urgency and you may be right that we don’t have the men to be setting a permanent base. But take a look at the closures of bases in Europe and the redistribution of forces. They aren’t all going to Iraq. So while some of the claims may be a bit overextended the gist of this article rings true. Hegemony is the name of the game and if you don’t buy it look up the Plan for the New American Century (PNAC) a frightening yet illuminating document formulated by Cheney, Rumsfeld, et al. It speaks volumes about our presence in Iraq and other strategic military operations. Enjoy