Reply #34: But to pretend that Americans are somehow victims

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is rediculous - Americans elected the current government (even if Bush stole both - there is the congress and every US government for the last half century) The US is one of the reasons there is so much poverty is South America - and I don't just mean Bush, every government going back to (at least) Teddy Roosevelt has been complicit in the exploitation of South America. That Chavez is offering aid is a great act of humanitarianism and charity, but don't even pretend the US is worse off than latin America - it's not only arrogant and selfish but it shows an ignorance of the situation, an ignorance of the world and an ignorance of US history,