Another Missed Opportunity By Our Great Mass Media

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Jim Lobe a political analyst the Foreign Policy In Focus writes that Latin America will return to the "good old days" of military dictatorships and "dirty wars." In a recent Western hemisphere's defense ministers conference in held in late November in Quito - analyst are see Rumsfeld's role in bring back the glory days. Only problem when it does come we will be blind sided. WHY??? Well we can thank the mass media did not cover the conference. To the mass media
"the conference was the equivalent of the proverbial tree toppling unheard and unseen in some vast, unobserved forest."

"Despite the obvious implications of Rumsfeld's remarks for Latin America and the future of U.S.-Latin American relations, however, the mainstream U.S. media did not see fit to give them--or the strong resistance to them on the part of most of the defense secretary's Latin American counterparts--much attention."

"The Quito meeting confirmed an evolution in U.S. policy that has been underway since Bush declared his "war on terrorism" after the Sep. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on New York and the Pentagon itself. Indeed, the purpose of the gathering was to erect a "new architecture" for continental security in which the armed forces, in Washington's view, would play a central role."

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"Since Sep. 11, 2001, we have had to conduct an essential re-examination of the relationships between our military and our law enforcement responsibilities in the U.S.," asserted Rumsfeld, who never let the phrase "human rights" pass his lips. "The complex challenges of this new era and the asymmetric threats we face require that all elements of state and society work together."

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"In another update of the national-security doctrine of the 1960s and 1970s, Rumsfeld also pushed for greater cooperation among the region's militaries, particularly in border regions where 'enemies often find shelter.'"

"'Strengthening sovereignty, and ensuring effective sovereignty over our national territories must be a fundamental goal,'" said. 'There is no one nation that can meet these challenges by itself; it is simply not going to be possible,' he added twice for emphasis."

http://www.fpif.org/commentary/2004/0412rumsfeld.html

So I guess heading South to avoid the draft is out of the question.