Reply #7: Those right-wing labels are hard for certain media sources to overcome [View All]

You're right. Maybe it's like paying tithe, or tribute to the BFEE, or paying the "protection" racketeers so they won't come in and ruin your business!

From the article:

The arms purchases generated concerns in both Washington and Colombia. An unidentified Bush administration official accompanying the president in Canada recently told reporters: "Millions of dollars are going to be spent on Russian weapons for ill-defined purposes," and added: "We shoot down MiGs."
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Mighty scarey, kids. Such a big chip on a chickenhawk shoulder!

This, from the article, is unexpected coming from Colombia, just behind Israel in HUGE annual gifts from the U.S. taxpayers, including all KINDS of weapons, some very recently:

Sen. Rodrigo Pardo of Colombia has called for reaching an arms control agreement with Venezuela.

Since Colombia and Venezuela are cooperating on the oil pipeline, if they decide to adopt this agreement, it could mean some important stability beyond the reach of _{George W. Bush.}

It would be spectacular to see Latin America FINALLY capable of creating its own alliance of countries without interference from bullies.