The United States was founded as an “infant empire,” in the words of George Washington. The conquest of the national territory was a grand imperial venture. From the earliest days, control over the hemisphere was a critical goal. Latin America has retained its primacy in U.S. global planning. If the United States cannot control Latin America, it cannot expect “to achieve… return to article
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Reader Comments (2)Page 1 of 1 pagesThe USA’s breath has been blowing on us, Latin Americans’ necks for too long. THey were always behind every coup d’etat which overthrew popular governments elected by the people, with the consent of local elites. In Argentina, I can mention Peron, Frondizi, Illia as true examples of this. But, as a Spanish saying goes: “El que a hierro mata, a hierro muere” and I feel USA has created its own monsters which are ruling behind the throne, and showing no respect or mercy for their own dissidents. A country which devotes so much money to support armies, weapon manufacturers, laboratories which create both illnesses and drugs,spies all over the world, and has forgotten elementary things such as care of Nature, respect for others, and is constantly spreading outright lies through the media, is a menace to its own people. We have long lost admiration for the “American Way of Life” and consider them for what they truly are.
Posted by Maria on Sep 10, 2009 at 8:22 PM No doubt Chomsky will be supporting Barack Obama for re-election just as he supported Obama the first time around.
Chomsky has chided socialism as an alternative to Wall Street’s capitalism in favor of some kind of ridiculous form of anarchism which can not possibly challenge imperialism unless one thinks that breaking the windows of the Bank of America is sufficient.
Anyone can see what Wall Street’s U.S. foreign means for other countries but Chomsky remains loathe to accept socialism as an alternative here in the U.S. A.
Why doesn’t Chomsky and his pals in the “Progressives for Obama” go tell Barack Obama to finance free public health care centers across the United States instead of building more military bases all over the world?
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