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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: gao seng who wrote (257274)	5/21/2002 12:58:35 PM
From: gao seng	Respond to of 769670

Castro is a serious threat to America. -- They've got an awful lot of coffee -- Latin America is increasingly becoming a concern among foreign policy minded Republicans who worry Congress and the administration are not paying enough attention to it. Fidel Castro still is a force in the region -- as demonstrated by the attention paid to former President Jimmy Carter on his recent trip there -- and his close relationship with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, to whom he lent support when Chavez temporarily was ousted from office. All of this gives reason for additional worry. The Republicans are concerned the Castro-Chavez alliance gives the Cuban strongman a foothold on the South American continent. They worry the combination of Castro's Marxism and Chavez's oil money means trouble for the United States in the future, with Brazil as the first potential hot spot. Brazilian Workers' Party presidential candidate Luis Inacio da Silva -- popularly known as Lula -- is running well ahead in the polls, despite having run three times before and failing to win each time. Now he looks like a strong bet to win, in part because of widely rumored covert support from Castro and Chavez. Republicans fear a Lula win means South America's largest nation, which shares a boarder with every other nation on the continent save two, could rapidly become strongly anti-American and pro-Castro in the midst of the war against terrorism.

To: gao seng who wrote (257274)	5/21/2002 1:03:28 PM
From: Thomas A Watson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Married to a rapist, liar, betrayer. I don't agree with your assessment. One was slow stupid and one was fast stupid, but the stupidest that ever was did more to undermine all that is America. If not for Illian what fate would America be suffering today. No wonder Jimmy is so pissed. End the need for Illians to prevent another goraster. tom watson tosimee