Re: an arteest

Daniel, our government succeeded in supporting these atrocities overseas
by keeping the US public ignorant of the nature of the people it was
supporting. The US media pretty consistently reports about the tyrants
we oppose and ignores the tyrants we support. I will say that US policy
varied from administration to administration: an Argentine friend of
mine said that his governement caused 30,000 or so of its citizens to
"disappear" during the 70s and 80s, his brother being one of them. He
came to the US before he was next. President Carter, he said, applied
heavy pressure on the Argentine gov't while in office and things were a
bit better. President Reagan, he said, didn't care at all. So he had
to leave.

I have several friends who work as missionaries in Central and South
America (mostly Central). One friend one day came across a village
entirely populated by women and children. He was told that the Contras
came through and killed all the men then raped the women, so many of the
children were actually children of the Contras. You think US media ever
reported this? Of course not...it was too busy reporting about the
Marxists taking over Nicaragua.

The situation there is more complex, of course, than bad US supported
dictators pillaging an innocent public, as if Central America would be a
utopia should the US just leave people alone. Everyone is screwing
everyone. When I visited Chiapas in 1998 I saw tens of thousands of
Evangelical Christians living in a shantytown outside of San Cristobal
because other locals (whose religion was a blend of Catholicism and old
Indian religions) kicked them off the land. Wealthy landowners tend to
be running things down there. They don't need the US to screw over
their own people. They do it just fine on their own.

Jim

Yocum Daniel GS 21 CES/CEOE wrote:

>In general, but not when least means anarchy.
>Daniel
>
>
>And therefor, the simple conclusion is - the government that governs best
>is the government that governs least.
>
>JPB
>

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