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To: TobagoJack who wrote (16237)	4/1/2007 5:14:05 AM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 217906

The next posting went to CB. Important to note, is that getting the machete or the AK 47 is a losing proposition. Are you going to go against $622bn of "defense"? Aim to the pocket and get the money and run. This should be the deal. As a result, the field is free for us to go for that money. 1.5bn people are reading the Koran and thinking clash of civilization. Right now Brazil is playing the diplomatic card skillfully. It is putting the right phrases, ion the discourse. Lula has to mention the 10million Lebanese that live in Brazil to make people think: How comes they've got those 10 million and they are not making trouble? The US is putting the right phrases too: We need to have something to show after this, not only you... Brazil comes to Washington not to solve the world trade problem that dodged the world for 50 years. That takes time. It comes to say: don't run away from the table. How can we entice the US to come back to the table? Ethanol is a good idea. The US is under pressure form the oil suppliers, Lets market self-sufficiency for the US and sees how they react. The reaction was positive let’s plan our next step. Tell the world, if the US is in this Ethanol thing, you should not be out if Those guys were elected and they have all those interests to keep in mind. Now Lula goes back and tells his guys: If we don't open services, government tendering etc to the US will keep us blocked. He needs this weapon against people in Brazil that wants a closed economy. Bush goes to his boys and say: I did what it was possible. You guys either open this door for agribusiness to Brazil so that we get to sell services in there. Else we have to become an agricultural country and see our service industry shrinks.