Reply #14: El Universal is like "posting 'news' from PNAC"? I'll remember that, Pavulon. [View All]

[Peace Patriot]

In any case, it's an interesting question why El Universal is promulgating Dieterich's views. A scare tactic, maybe? There is a WHOLE LOT of evidence that the Bush Junta wants to make Venezuela jittery--economically, politically, socially. They've been messing around in Zulia (where most of the oil is), trying to instigate a secessionist movement; then they un-mothball the 4th Fleet to roam Venezuela's coastline, and this, after their nasty bombing raid on Ecuador, putting an end to FARC hostage releases and talk of peace in that long civil war. They then start calling the presidents of Venezuela and Ecuador "terrorist-lovers." Colombian soldiers start stepping across the Venezuelan border, and the U.S. does a flyover of Venezuelan territory. Back a few months, Exxon Mobil tried to freeze $12 billion in Venezuelan assets (Exxon Mobil lost that one, in a London court). And just before that, Donald Rumsfeld--architect of the slaughter of 1.2 million Iraqis to get their oil, writes, in the Washington Post, "The Smart Way to Defeat Tyrants Like Chavez," in which he suggests economic warfare (via Colombia), a psyops campaign using radio and the internet, and "swift action" by the U.S. in support of (Bushite) "friends and allies" in South America. (Whatever could he mean by "swift action"?) All to rattle Venezuela? Or a game plan for war? That is the question. Dieterich says it looks like a war plan to him. I tend to agree, and have been warning DUers about it for some time. When I saw Rumsfeld's interest, back in December, my alarm bells went off.

The fact that Dieterich is a "leftist" (what's wrong with that?) and an "adviser" to the Venezuelan government make his statements MORE, not less, credible. I've found rightwing writers and "news" sources--i.e., all corporate, and many academic or think tank, sources--to be lying scumbags on South America. "Leftist" = the most credible, in my experience. Interesting that you (apparently) try to dis him by calling him a "leftist."