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ergo sum

04/24/06 9:41 AM

#172659 RE: ieddyi #172658

Summary: With all the talk of Latin America's turn to the left, few have noticed that there are really two lefts in the region. One has radical roots but is now open-minded and modern; the other is close-minded and stridently populist. Rather than fretting over the left's rise in general, the rest of the world should focus on fostering the former rather than the latter -- because it is exactly what Latin America needs.

JORGE G. CASTAÑEDA is the author of Utopia Unarmed: The Latin American Left After the Cold War and Compañero: The Life and Death of Che Guevara. Having resigned as Mexico's Foreign Minister in 2003, he is currently Global Distinguished Professor of Politics and Latin American Studies at New York University.

http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20060501faessay85302/jorge-g-castaneda/latin-america-s-left-turn.html
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brainlessone

04/24/06 7:09 PM

#172716 RE: ieddyi #172658

i am beginning to see the light. and i know its a convenient view of the left to have Israel as "just not a good idea". its sooo destabilizing. if Israel wasn't there, the arabs in the middle east would be building great cities and inventing cold fusion instead of running around like ants shooting formic acid everywhere.

and this: http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/home/article/0,1299,DRMN_1_4646698,00.html

a bombing of those tourists again. don't they know that the kaffirs are supporting the zionists and these bombings are just an expression of all the destable ability of Israel?.

i mean i never condone bombings, but sometimes you just have to recognize the justification.

after all if Israel wasn't bombing and killing all those people in Gaza everyday, making them submit to all kinds of abuse and destruction of human rights, the peace loving gAzans wouldn't be forced, forced, mind you to send about 5 qassam missiles every day into Israel. why wont the Israelis be peaceful.?? then everybody could calm down. and the best way for the Israelis show their peacefulness is just to go back to Europe