Roach,
It boils down to the base level of the issues I discuss. I try to cut through the information that has no bearing on the underlying issue. It seems that you may take this approach as an indicator that I lack a sophisticated understanding of the issue. However, to the contrary my base level questions are at the heart of the issue, necessitating directer answers rather than pseudo intellectual answers. For example if the US uses debt to dominate Latin American countries, why wouldn't you think Venezuela is trying to do the same? Why doesn't the country taking on the debt have the responsibility of its destiny? On some theoretical level the assumption is made that the US has certain diabolical motives, while a country like Venezuela doesn't. Or the assumption that the political leaders of some Latin American countries are victims of US motives and are forced to do those things that they would not normally do. Then to justify these assumptions, it seems to me that on a pseudo intellectual level strings of random data points or historical events are referenced often with no logical connections made between the information. So, you will always have the safety of saying:
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i dont think that you know the outlines of the history of american foreign policy toward latin america.
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But the theoretical bottom line is that US foreign policy is based on the US doing what US leaders think is in the best interest of the US, and Latin American leaders doing the same. That as a given - I see no victims only choices being made.
Currently, Chavez is making choices affecting the future of his country, if based on his choices American dollars stop flowing into his country in the future, the blame is his. If on the other hand if American dollars continue to flow along with Asian currencies combined with his nation diversifying its economic base, he deserves the credit. If that as my premise, causes you and others difficulty or suggests that I am disingenuous...all I can say is:
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You can't spend what you ain't got, you can't lose some little girl you ain't never had - from a Muddy Waters recording
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