Venezuela.
Let there be no mistake. The two kinds of warfare go hand in hand. And when a third world country rejects the "Washington Consensus" and fights back, and especially if they have lots of oil, then Rumsfeld wants the U.S. to act "swiftly" in support of "friends and allies" to defeat them.
"The Smart Way to Beat Tyrants Like Chávez," by Donald Rumsfeld, 12/1/07
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/30/AR2007113001800.htmlDefinitions:
"Tyrant": Democratically elected, and hugely popular, leader, who doesn't agree with the "Washington Consensus" and is providing inspiration and practical strategies to his country's neighbors aimed at Latin American independence and self-determination, as well as strong leadership toward the use of local resources (oil, gas, etc.) to help the poor--the vast numbers of people impoverished by the "Washington Consensus."
"Friends and allies": Fascist thugs and their rightwing political and paramilitary groups, funded and armed by the Bush Junta (with our tax dollars) who organize fascist coups, on behalf of Exxon Mobile et al, so they can regain wrongful control of the Andes oil fields.
The U.S. acting "swiftly": U.S. military intervention in support of fascist coups in South America, after the few remaining "checks and balances" in OUR government system are finally destroyed (for instance, that fusty old Congress, some members of which oppose "free trade" with Colombia, cuz, in Colombia, they chainsaw union leaders and throw their body parts into mass graves--the kind of government that Rumsfeld adores, and upon which the Bush Junta has larded billions of our tax dollars in military aid). Acting "swiftly" means no debate, no rule of law, the emperor acting by fiat to acquire territories and resources that don't belong to him or his super-rich buds.
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South America is Theater II of the Corporate Resource War. You wondered what Donald Rumsfeld might be doing in his "retirement"? He's planning a war to impose global corporate predation ("free trade") on resisting countries, and is no doubt using billions of our tax dollars 'disappeared' in Iraq for this purpose. The Bushites are paying rightwing political groups in South America directly through USAID/NED budgets (our tax dollars) and are funding paramilitaries, and engaging in weapons/drugs trafficking and other destabilization projects, with covert budgets. The billions stolen in Iraq are EXTRA booty for whatever solely private measures they deem necessary to destroy democracy in South America and topple or kill its elected leaders. Example: The recent covert op of $800,000 in cash in a suitcase whose carrier was caught at the Argentine border, and whatever it took to buy the U.S. Attorney in Miami who is claiming that the money was from the Chavez government to the political campaign of Cristina Fernandez Kirchner (a Chavez ally) for president of Argentina. (She won, by the way--and didn't need this cash to do so.) (You wonder what business the U.S. Attorney in Miami has being involved in this situation? Answer: none.)
Another likely example: Mysterious, unidentified shooters stalked a FARC (armed leftist guerrilla) camp, in Colombia, a few months ago, and killed the hostages that FARC was holding--possible rehearsal for killing hostages, FARC members and even hostage negotiator Hugo Chavez--creating chaos, a crossfire situation, a debacle--in the more recent hostage negotiations. Rumsfeld mentions the recent Chavez hostage negotiation in his op-ed, which leads me to suspect that a covert op was planned and foiled. He tries to make Chavez out as the bad guy, but nobody else in the world agrees, including the hostages' families, who credit Chavez with getting "proof of life" and ALMOST getting the hostages released, until Bush tool Alvaro Uribe (prez of Colombia) stopped the negotiation, using a lame excuse (no doubt at the direction of the Bush Junta). There is still hope that some of the hostages will be released, in the next few days, but Chavez and the Venezuelan government are being (and have to be) extremely careful about security, with Rumsfeld (with all that stolen U.S. cash) and the Bushites (with all their black budgets), and their local fascist thug allies (fat with Bush--U.S. taxpayer--largess), determined to sabotage any such diplomatic triumph for Chavez.
There are many other examples I could cite, but these two seem particularly Rumsfeldian. They are aimed at smearing, discrediting and toppling the Chavez government, and any of its allies (such as Argentina), and also (the second one) at creating opportunities to kill Chavez (such as the FARC negotiation). In Bolivia, U.S. black budget operatives are aiming to create a civil war between the rich rural landowners (where the oil and gas are), and the central government (now headed by 100% indigenous indian Evo Morales, another Chavez ally). The U.S. (Bush Junta) also actively supported the violent rightwing military coup attempt against Chavez in 2002, the crippling oil professionals' strike, the 2004 recall election against Chavez, and the recent rightwing campaign against a constitutional referendum (vote of the people) proposed by the Chavez government. Chavez has won re-election as president--and a defeated the recall--by large margins, lost the recent constitutional referendum by a hair (less than one percent), but remains very popular, with a 70% approval rating. And this, of course, is why they have to use dirty tricks and black ops to try to remove this very popular and visionary leader from power, who opposes "free trade" and supports FAIR trade.
FAIR trade? What's that? Well, it's what our revolutionary founders were asserting against the British East India Company--the global corporate predator of its day. No monopolies. No price-fixing. An even playing field for smaller businesses. Close-to-home creation of trade policy, where social responsibility is enforced. And--relevant to the Bushite-corporate controlled "TRADE SECRET" voting machines installed all over the U.S. during the 2002 to 2004 period--no taxation without representation. Fair trade = democracy. "Free trade' = piracy, looting, predatory capitalism on a massive scale, and corporate/fascist control of governments.
The "Washington Consensus" is fundamentally, profoundly un-democratic. That's why they hate Chavez and want to disenfranchise his supporters, as they have disenfranchised us here in the north.
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THROW DIEBOLD/ES&S AND ALL THESE ELECTION THEFT MACHINES INTO 'BOSTON HARBOR' NOW--if you want democracy in the U.S. of A.