An Interview With Correa

I don't know about you, but I'm darn sick and tired of the "Friends" the U.S.A. says are one's we have GOT to be there for. Consider Uribe, the murder, who routinely has organized workers in his country assassinated. His cousin and more than half of his current cabinet are now either arrested or indicted for these crimes of assassination. Are they trying to tell us that Unribe knew nothing of this? Uh huh... Goes hand in hand with the bush administration and acts of torture, some died there too. So I guess I can understand why one bloody government would want to be friends with another bloody government. But I disagree, as is my right, per our Constitution.

Uribe gets massive amounts of U.S. security assistance. He is a close ally of Washington. Why? I have no idea since he is one of the bloodiest dictators on the face of the planet. Be that as it may, our government insists he's a stand-up guy! RIGHT! So, our government is pushing us to do another "free trade agreement" with Uribe's country. We know how well that has worked out in the past. Do we really want to go there again? I don't think so. BUT our government insists that this is what should be.

Here is an example of this stand-up guy, Uribe:

Why is the United States government constantly in bed with drug traffickers and murderers? Well, it is profitable for them obviously. It certainly isn't for those who are forced to live under these men, but hey, what's a little thing like murder between friends?

So when our government goes out of its way to say someone else is BAD!!! I have to wonder if any of that is true. We've already seen their logic on this score and, frankly, I wouldn't believe them if handed me secret intel to back them up. That is too easy to fake. But according to 1991 intelligence report from U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) officials in Colombia you can read all about it yourself. Uribe is anything BUT a nice guy. So why does our government insist that this is a good country to have trade relations with? Got to be money. No other explanation works.

Our government constantly bad-mouths the leaders of other countries, Hugo Chavez in Venezuela, and lately President Rafael Corea from Ecuador. Do you believe them? Let's take a look at Corea...

Then there's Ecuador's Rafael Correa -- young, good-looking and not at all fond of neoliberalism. The LA Times' handy pocket guide to Latin American politics lists him as a "Harvard-trained Chavez ally" (He never attended Harvard, but, you know, the facts don't much matter when reporting on Latin America).

Ah, yes, there is that unbiased press again. Would be nice if journalists really gave us the news instead of propaganda which is ILLEGAL in this country, but hey, who's gonna know? Maybe one of the reasons our government hates him so much is the fact that Correa is trying to clean up his intelligence agency which he claims is totally subjected to and run by, the CIA. Well, fancy that, why don't you!!! Imagine, our government plotting and contriving against another government? Who'da thought it?

Then there is the fact that he is telling us to get the hell out of his country as in taking back an airbase the US has gotten mighty used to over the past decade. Not very sporting of him, hum? Of course the fact that the U.S. took advantage of an economic crunch back before Correa came to power MIGHT have something to do with it...

The “forward operating location,” as the American post is called, came into existence in 1999 in a 10-year deal with Ecuador after the Pentagon and Panama’s government failed to agree on the use of Howard Air Force Base in Panama. The agreement, negotiated under extreme economic distress by a Ecuadorean president who was overthrown months later, includes no rent for Ecuador.

I can't imagine WHY Rafael Correa wouldn't want rent off that airbase, can you? Some people just want it all! ~rolls eyes here at our governments audacity~ Of course, this doesn't please our government at all! Nope, they are mad as heck and letting Correa know about it. They just aren't letting you and I know about it. Just wait until Correa has an accident though. You know, his plane blows up, radicals blow up his house, etc.? But that could never happen, right? Ya, we know what decent human beings the CIA has on their payroll. And I'm sure the military is just as unblemished...

Now, this whole thing with Rafael Correa began when Uribe decided to bomb Correa's Country. Imagine, getting upset because someone starts bombing you? Unbelievable you say, yup, I thought so too. Who would have thought it?

Correa's recently been in the news for his high-profile clash with Uribe, whose administration bombed Ecuador last month, possibly with U.S. help. Reuters tells me that Correa is "facing ire" at home for constantly dissing Uribe "because Ecuadoreans want him to focus instead on fighting inflation and spurring an anemic economy."

Correa, whose confrontational style discomfits many Ecuadoreans, still refuses to restore ties or even talk with his conservative counterpart, limiting his comments to a public discourse laced with accusations such as "bare-faced liar."

How bad is the backlash against Correa among the good people of Ecuador?

According to the country's most influential pollster Cedatos-Gallup poll, Correa's popularity bounced at the height of the Colombia crisis in mid-March to 66 percent ... but that support began to erode as the spat dragged on, dipping to 62 percent by April.

God, they friggin' hate him!

Sarcasm drips, drips, drips, LOL. Yup, his country sure does hate him all right. The bush administration can only dream of these numbers considering he is down to 31% and I honestly think those numbers are vastly inflated. Anything this administration says is subject to propaganda and hype, smoke and mirrors. And propaganda is illegal in this country. Just because the government consistently uses it doesn't mean we shouldn't believe them, right? NOT!

You have got to read the interview that Correa gave. It is both informative and a glimpse into what our country WON"T tell you. Imagine that if you can... Ya, I know, hard to imagine... It was fantastic though. Again, I've no idea why our government chooses its friends the way they do. It certainly isn't for honesty purposes. I'm sure our founding fathers are turning over in their graves with the abuses this administration continues to advance. So much for Government For the People and by the People.

Here is just a snippet since I do not have permission to repost it in full:

You give the impression that a media war has been launched.

It's not that I'm giving that impression, it's that it's a fact. We know with whom we are dealing; with a militaristic country, with a president who has an imperfect past, with enormous support from foreign intelligence agencies and with an impressive propaganda machine. We have faith that the truth and justice will prevail. We've already achieved that in Latin America, where Colombia has been soundly defeated politically, diplomatically and informationally.

What drives Colombia to accuse its neighboring countries of collaboration with the FARC?

Uribe's militaristic policies began when he became president. First in contradicting the strategy of his predecessor, Andrés Pastrana, who came to embrace Manuel Marulanda. But in came Uribe with the hard line and he wanted us all to do the same. He's like the little emperor who follows his boss's dictates. It's obvious that his political and economic power is based on the struggle against the FARC. Peace is not convenient for Uribe because fighting guerrillas gives the Colombian electorate a secure feeling. What is troubling is that this conflict is spilling over the borders.

I would find that most troubling also. Read the article, it is very good. It is refreshing to actually read something that isn't propaganda in this country. Shame on the vast media outlets who perpetrate disinformation, lies and deceits from this administration and support a country known for being bloodthirsty, supporting drug trafficking, murder and assassination. You do yourselves and the United States an extreme disservice.