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To: energyplay who wrote (61774)	3/8/2010 1:31:08 AM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 218118

When an US aircraft carrier shows up in Rio is to sell F18s!...the presence of the nuclear powered craft and the Super Hornet fighters on its deck, along with Boeing representatives on land, are a clear sign of a US push to convince Brazil to buy the US-made planes. google.com Concerning naval task forces... After 2010, write defense analysts Michael Vickers and Robert Martinage, “the survivability of aircraft carriers, high-structure surface combatants [e.g., tanks], and non-stealthy aircraft of all types could increasingly be called into question as maritime, over-the-horizon ‘area denial’ capabilities and extended-range air defense systems continue to mature.” In a similar vein, George and Meredith Friedman contend that “the ability of conventional weapons platforms—tanks and aircraft carriers—to survive in a world of precision-guided munitions is dubious.”

To: energyplay who wrote (61774)	3/8/2010 3:21:05 AM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 218118

The collapse of creditor cartel, US lost avenue of influence in LATAM. As a result LATAM is now independent to follow its own interests. In US circles it is said to be the neglect of Bush administration whose focus was in Iraq and Afghanistan. That is not the case. It is the case. The case is LATAM seeking its own solutions without being guided by Washington's interets. This is a significant difference from the early eighties. The world have moved ahead. The Middle East still can be intimidated with visions of foreigners coming taking their oil. And needing a protector for their interests. LATAM cannot. Although it is being tried: witness the raising the specter of a local demon Chavez to scare the small countries in seeking a world policeman. Lets those Bolivians and Venezuelans mature politically as the rest of the continent has already done. The worse it can happen is LATAM decide to raise the ante and decide to dispell all remaining doubts. Being them latinos this is not very difficult to contemplate.