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MinM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-21-12 03:39 PM
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Mitt Romney’s “Pinochet Moment”
Mitt Romney’s “Pinochet Moment”
Posted on September 20, 2012 by Daniel Hopsicker

...Speaking about US policy towards Honduras, Romney accused President Obama of backing a "pro-Marxist" leader in Honduras, faulting him for not more quickly and enthusiastically supporting the military coup in 2009 that deposed the elected President of a fledgling democracy.

That Romney chose to say anything at all about a small nation in Central America was somewhat surprising, especially since he hasn't been specific about much else.

But, as he must know, Honduras is important to US foreign policy for only one reason: Controlling Hondurus is important to controlling the drug trade.

Romney was signaling that in a Republican Administration, a return to the good old days when death squads could just "disappear" inconvenient people would be A-OK with him...

http://www.madcowprod.com/2012/09/20/romneys-pinochet-moment/

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Enthusiast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-22-12 04:13 AM
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1. I hate right wing death squads..........nt
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No Elephants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-23-12 07:13 AM
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2. Death squards are so last century. Killer drones are in now.
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