Venezuela is None of our Business!
- From: trudogg <trudogg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 18 May 2007 15:28:14 -0400
[...this goes for most of the rest of the world too. The exceptions
being those that ask for our assistance.]
The New York Times had a news story today about Venezuela?s Hugo
Chavez. The story shows how ?squatters? have burned down sugar cane
farms of the wealthy landowners that, according to The NY Times, own
80% of the land, even though they make up only 5% of the population.
Chavez seems to believe that the time has come for some land
redistribution. That seems like a commonsense thing to do unless you
believe in feudalism.
The Times story also reports that this is part of bringing the nation
towards socialism. I?m sure that those words bring absolute joy to the
hearts of those in the administration. I can see George W. Bush,
walking in circles around the Oval Office, his hands clenched so tight
you can actually see the white spots above his knuckles. People don?t
realize it, but Dubya sees himself as ?The Capitalist Avenger?. Any
talk of socialism brings out George?s alter ego. Just as in the comic
books of my youth, the word socialism turns our President into
Dubya-man. Yes Dubya-man, who came to Earth from a swollen belly,
kowtows to the right with both knees, and who disguised as The
President of The United States, fights a never-ending battle for
wealth, indifference, and the Neo-con way.
I can see him pondering his predicament. If only the Army wasn?t tied
up in Iraq and Afghanistan. If only the Iraqi?s had done what Cheney
and Rumsfeld said they would do, throw flowers at the feet of our
soldiers. Instead of flowers, they are shooting RPG?s and exploding
IED?s at us. This land redistribution thing in Venezuela must be
driving him crazy. What if they did the same thing in the US? He
wouldn?t put it past those Democrats. Everyday it costs more and more
to keep them in line. The next thing you know, some wisenheimer will
show up and claim that because corporations are recognized as
individuals by the Constitution, and have the same rights as a person,
you could conceivably say that in the United States 5% own 80% of the
land. What with companies like ADM and Cargill among other?s, it?s the
same situation here. Next thing they?ll be talking trash here.
Bush needn?t worry. Even the New York Times, the so-called ?liberal
elitist? newspaper had potshots at Chavez?s administration. They
allude to the old fear of socialism with lines like this; ?In an
interview at the governor?s palace, where the halls are decorated with
images of Che Guevara and Mr. Chávez, Governor Giménez said some
friction should be expected on ?the road to socialism.? And this;
?This is agrarian terrorism encouraged by the state,? said Fhandor
Quiroga, a landowner and head of Yaracuy?s chamber of commerce,
pointing to dozens of kidnappings of landowners by armed gangs in the
last two years.? But to give the Times credit, they also wrote this;
?Bella Vista is one of 12 ?communal towns? that Mr. Chávez plans to
build this year. It has neat rows of identical three-bedroom homes for
83 families, a reading room, a radio station, a building with free
high-speed Internet service, a school and a plaza with a bust of Simón
Bolívar, Venezuela?s national hero.? That isn?t too shabby for
families that were living in slums.
Still, nationalization does not sit well with our government. This
hopefully, will not be another time that we intervene in another
country?s affairs because they were on the road to socialism as we did
in Nicaragua and Chile?. Another intervention at a time when the
United States is looking like the pariah of the world would not be a
good thing. It is time that our government learns how to keep out of
our neighbor?s politics. We have enough problems here at home to keep
us busy, without trying to solve what we see as a problem. The truth
may be that Venezuela?s quest for equality in its class structure is a
good thing. This could well be an experiment in Socialistic Democracy
that succeeds. The poor that look up to Hugo Chavez should be left
alone to succeed or to fail. Venezuela is not ours, and we have no
business interfering in it?s internal policies. If as I believe, Bush
has CIA agents in the country fomenting unrest, then we need an
investigation from Congress. This sort of behavior from out government
can no longer be condoned.
American interference in other nation?s internal policies has gotten
us where we are today. By that I don?t mean wealth and having super
power status, I mean being reviled by other nations and viewed with
mistrust by even out own so-called ?allies?. The time has come where
we should learn to be a helpful friend to the rest of the world, and
not an interfering bully. This might not be what Bush wants to hear,
but hey, I don?t make this stuff up.
Timothy Gatto
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