Reply #64: the amazon basin is not under control of the united states [View All]

like it or not, the usa is not in a position to tell brazil how to run their own country, and brazil will not tolerate it either


bolivia and the rest have to go along to get along, and if brazil wants to become a self sufficient ranching country, which they do, the usa will have fuck-all to say about it

we destroyed our forests already, noticed those wonderful hardwood forests running from the atlantic ocean to the mississippi river lately, oh that's right, you can't, they were cut down except for a few trees around the natchez trace before you were born

the usa is not and cannot be a leader, because we already destroyed our great forests -- the uneducated don't understand this, because they see hundreds of miles of paper trees and don't realize that pine tree desert doesn't support life and isn't real habitat

but brazil knows, they've seen where destroying the forests got us (rich), and we can't exactly sit there and tell them otherwise

it's about the hypocrisy

it's up to brazil to lead in south america, not up to us

our presidential candidates would just be pandering to have an opinion on this, since they are not going to be able to do anything much about it even when they do become president