Dear Latin America: You Don't Mind if We Just Park this Aircraft Carrier Offshore, Do You?

[FourScore]

Dear dumb Latins.

We Americans are super sorry about all the misunderstandings we've had throughout the years, particularly all those times where you have misinterpreted our good intentions and thought we might have had a hand in some of those unfortunate armed conflicts in Honduras or Panama or Ecuador or Cuba or Nicaragua or Grenada or the Dominican Republic or Chile or El Salvador or Uruguay or Guatemala or wherever. How stupid of you, right? But hey we're willing to let bygones be bygones.

Anyhoo as part of our ongoing efforts to "build confidence and trust among nations through collective maritime security efforts that focus on common threats and mutual interests," we intend to station an entire Naval fleet ( http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=a094x7Qa8Qeo ) off the coast of Venezuela, headed up by a nuclear aircraft carrier, forever! Doesn't that sound collective and confidence building?

The whole thing is meant to "send a message to the entire region, not just Venezuela," so don't worry. We're still figuring out the "focus" of the "mission," but it "will probably be on security."

This was your heads up so you don't do anything stupid like invade our mobile sovereign coastal boundaries or else kablooey, k?

Your friend,

AMERICA : )

Compliments BoRev at AlterNet. http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/83602/

[panAmerican]

1. And we call Chavez paranoid

[EFerrari]

3. Just because Bush tried to get him killed is no reason to be paranoid.

Miserable pendejos.

[eleny]

2. Sounds like a neocon wet dream

[formercia]

4. All the countries in Latin America need to get together

and tell the US that their Aircraft Carrier Group isn't needed. They can do it politely via the OAS.

[ensho]

5. that's the neo con way - bully, bribe, blackmail, threaten, murder

when is the world going to get fed up with the neo cons

[L. Coyote]

6. George Bush Sr. May Face Charges: Conspiring to Kidnap and Murder Political Activists

George Bush Sr. May Face Charges: Conspiring to Kidnap and Murder Political Activists
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x2459135

[ColbertWatcher]

7. Are there any pictures? n/t

[slipslidingaway]

8. Our tax dollars and diplomatic skills at work...

guess Congress agrees.

:shrug:

From the Bloomberg link.

"...The U.S. Navy has been planning to build up its forces in the region. Admiral James Stavridis, who oversees military affairs for Latin America, told Congress on March 6 that he backs plans to designate a new fleet, led by a nuclear aircraft carrier, to patrol the waters of the Caribbean and Latin America in support of counter-terrorism operations..."

[Rex]

9. Errr

'The fleet could ``certainly bring a lot more stature to the area and increase our ability to get things done,'' Stevenson said in a telephone interview with reporters today.'

WTF does that mean? Empire building time, is it?

[slipslidingaway]

10. Kick n/t