see what happens? If you aren't nice to the US we'll bring you democracy and goodwill :)
On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 5:16 AM, Vivec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > the US claims it has nothing to do with the Venezuela-Colombia dispute. > :( > They've started the PR-speak. > They could be stationed at Aruba...or Curacao or something. Those > places are close to the Venezuelan coastline as well. :-\ > > "A GROUP of United States soldiers are in Trinidad conducting > exercises, but their presence has nothing to do with recent > developments in South America involving Venezuela and Colombia. > > The soldiers are part of the project called 'Beyond the Horizon', an > initiative of the US Army South Command and forms part of peace > keeping efforts in the region and which was planned months ago the US > Embassy said. > > Yesterday, Michelle Jones of the US Embassy's Public Affairs Unit said > the troops were here to conduct medical outreach programmes and to aid > in construction projects. > > She said the activities were planned months ago. > > Last year an army medical ship was here as part of the overall programme. > > The soldiers, stationed at Defence Force headquarters, Chaguaramas > will be here over the next few weeks and will then go to Suriname. > > A US army website said Beyond The Horizon is a "large-scale operation > designed to foster goodwill and improve relations between the United > States and partner nations throughout Latin America and the > Caribbean." > > The operation includes humanitarian and civic assistance projects as > well as medical and veterinary assistance that "helps improve the > quality of life for people living in under resourced rural areas. It > will also provide readiness-training opportunities for US military > units and their partner-nation counterparts." > > Cpt Samantha A Garcia, 28, who is here as part of the contingent was > quoted on the website as saying she was looking forward to "working > with the people of Trinidad and Suriname during this operation. This > is a mission of goodwill and cooperation, and to see the tangible > results of helping others and improving relations will be extremely > rewarding for me." > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:255948 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
