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Sun Jun-21-09 04:59 AM
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| 29. Another reason may be ... |
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... because the GOP-controlled media has been pushing the "leftist" threat in Latin America?
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| -Where was the global attention when Peru opened fire on protestors? |
L. Coyote |
Jun-20-09 10:21 PM |
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Where was TWITTER? Where were the internet-savvy college kids? |
MADem |
Jun-20-09 10:23 PM |
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I agree. I think it was the lack of technology. n/t |
ColbertWatcher |
Jun-20-09 10:24 PM |
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Also the whole "push to topple a major regional power" bit (nt) |
Posteritatis |
Jun-20-09 11:04 PM |
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Name removed |
Jun-20-09 10:25 PM |
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No convenient boogeyman for the Bomber Libs to rattle their sabers at in Peru. |
billyoc |
Jun-20-09 10:25 PM |
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What is a Bomber Lib? |
aquart |
Jun-20-09 10:28 PM |
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Humanitarian interventionists. |
billyoc |
Jun-20-09 10:48 PM |
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What a great term. |
EFerrari |
Jun-20-09 10:50 PM |
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Their motto is, "We feel your pain, so the Empire doesn't have to" |
billyoc |
Jun-20-09 10:59 PM |
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. . . |
EFerrari |
Jun-20-09 11:01 PM |
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Are you saying we should NOT care about the people in Iran? |
aquart |
Jun-20-09 10:31 PM |
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There is no sneering or demeaning in the OP. None. |
EFerrari |
Jun-20-09 11:09 PM |
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Regime? |
elmaji |
Jun-21-09 05:25 AM |
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Regime = govenment in power. n/t |
EFerrari |
Jun-21-09 01:13 PM |
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Yeah, it was sneering. |
aquart |
Jun-21-09 05:21 PM |
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Now I'm saying |
L. Coyote |
Jun-21-09 07:02 AM |
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I was just reading an incredibly interesting article. |
LooseWilly |
Jun-20-09 10:47 PM |
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I remember that story about Iraq. Are you saying, there was a similar |
EFerrari |
Jun-20-09 10:58 PM |
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Apparently Iran was not only willing to sell oil for Euros, they were also inviting others to do so. |
LooseWilly |
Jun-20-09 11:25 PM |
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Thank you. I know you weren't justifying. It's been a long, |
EFerrari |
Jun-20-09 11:51 PM |
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Destroying the Amazon region to send the USA oil, feeding the Empire, justifies killing |
L. Coyote |
Jun-21-09 07:07 AM |
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a million people in one instance , 2000 people in the other. could be the reason. |
robinlynne |
Jun-20-09 11:01 PM |
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In all honestly, I think the attention differential is because the Iranian regime |
EFerrari |
Jun-20-09 11:04 PM |
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The US and Latin American countries have never had much of an affinity |
SoCalDem |
Jun-20-09 11:07 PM |
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Iran is where the oil closest to our army is. |
shadowknows69 |
Jun-20-09 11:10 PM |
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Now, why did they put that oil so close to our army? |
EFerrari |
Jun-20-09 11:55 PM |
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I was thinking about Sri Lanka earlier. No one even knows how many thousands have died |
ProgressIn2008 |
Jun-20-09 11:10 PM |
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Oil. Nukes. Muslims. Israel. Surely you know the reasons. What about East Timor? |
NYC_SKP |
Jun-20-09 11:35 PM |
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Myamar, chiapas the list is long |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jun-21-09 12:02 AM |
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internet rate isn't anywhere near our rate in Iran. I just did a report on them |
PretzelWarrior |
Jun-21-09 04:03 AM |
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They were poor people. Where is your sense of priorities? This board |
Joe Chi Minh |
Jun-21-09 03:58 AM |
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Deleted by me. I'm struggling to keep out of geopolitics on here. |
Joe Chi Minh |
Jun-21-09 06:19 AM |
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Oh, god. You're not kidding. Unrecog-bleeping-nizeable. |
Judi Lynn |
Jun-21-09 06:48 AM |
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where was the coverage when freakin' 10,000 civilians were slaughtered |
cali |
Jun-21-09 04:24 AM |
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What gave this massacre of Indians in Peru a filthy poignancy was the fact the FTA |
Judi Lynn |
Jun-21-09 04:43 AM |
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Another reason may be ... |
ColbertWatcher |
Jun-21-09 04:59 AM |
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Maybe because there were conflicting reports |
elmaji |
Jun-21-09 05:10 AM |
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Where were you when that happened? |
northernlights |
Jun-21-09 05:46 AM |
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The threads started here, and there were many attempts were not well attended |
Judi Lynn |
Jun-21-09 06:06 AM |
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A quick search on Google would tell you |
L. Coyote |
Jun-21-09 07:22 AM |
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Indifference, racism. Clowns here STILL reserve the right to regard indigenous people as far less |
Judi Lynn |
Jun-21-09 05:49 AM |
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Which country has nuke ambitions and is ran by a crazier government? |
Deja Q |
Jun-21-09 06:35 AM |
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The President of Peru, who ordered this massacre, also ordered massacre |
Judi Lynn |
Jun-21-09 06:44 AM |
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The Bush Junta! The FTA with Peru was Bush's doing, Garcia is doing USA bidding. |
L. Coyote |
Jun-21-09 09:34 AM |
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Peru: eyewitness account of Amazon massacre published |
Judi Lynn |
Jun-21-09 07:13 AM |
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As a rule, poor non-whites don't count for much |
Kaleva |
Jun-21-09 10:25 AM |
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every regime change in iran since the 50s has been preceded by decline in oil revenues. |
Hannah Bell |
Jun-21-09 01:16 PM |
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Peru story didn't jibe with American "interests" |
Party Person |
Jun-21-09 01:25 PM |
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Furthermore, anybody who claims to be "pro-business" is a hero to the |
Lydia Leftcoast |
Jun-21-09 02:06 PM |
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