Greg says
For its part, the ELN says this is the first phase of a US plan to invade Venezuela. They call on unity with FARC to defeat the US invasion, by preventing the US consolidation of military bases in Colombian territory. End of quote FOR ONCE, FOR ONLY ONCE URIBE ON HIS WIRLWIND TOUR TO SOME COUNTRIES IN LATIN AMERICA IS GETTING CLOSE TO THE CRUX OF THE MATTER. The first and primary target are the insurgent groups and since there is only one currently on campaigns, because the ELN is not, then this leaves the FARC. Some sections, not all of both groups have had intense rivalry, and for this reason there are no accords between them. This call to arms by the ELN and a rapprochement with the FARC is surprising and more interesting than the content of its missive about attacks to Venezuela. Do not doubt that there will be intense bombing of the areas controlled by the insurgency, civil population notwithstanding. In short the air bases are not aimed at Venezuela the state, as countless analysts from have suggested. Their presence has initially negotiated with Bush, what has changed is the speed and brazenness with which they have announced an increase in the number of bases originally agreed to. Look the US could have invaded Cuba, if it chose to many years ago, but it did not. It would not seem even militarily expedient to attack Venezuela for what, militarily speaking of course? Venezuela still supplies the US with gold and both parties seem to be happy in this regard. This said, OIL may be another key factor, as it was on the war on Iraq. What is at stake is the protection of an intensification of the drilling and mining industries which happens to be on the Ecuadorean and Venezuelan border with Colombia. And these the US will fight for. Another factor, strategically speaking the US had no land base for the flights of the aircraft of the fourth fleet which was launched into the Caribbean a year ago. So now the US has a land base and the necessary naval force in the Caribbean and there is no count on how many mercenaries are in Colombia. I seem to recall that Venezuela closed its airspace to the US military quite a long time ago, but it still allows Colombian air force, following the usual protocols, to fly over its territory, however, what happens next in this regard, in the sense of an increase in flights will indicate whether in fact Venezuela believes that the bases, now fully operated by Colombian mercenaries have their sights on Venezuela. On 06/08/09 5:32 PM, "Greg McDonald" <saboca...@gmail.com> wrote: > Uribe makes his first stop in Bolivia, part of a Latin American tour > to drum up support for the gringo base expansion. Morales expresses > his opposition to the plan, and in general to the presence of US > military forces in Latin America. A threat to democracy, he said. > UNASUR plans to meet. Uribe said he will not attend. > > For its part, the ELN says this is the first phase of a US plan to > invade Venezuela. They call on unity with FARC to defeat the US > invasion, by preventing the US consolidation of military bases in > Colombian territory. > > Greg McD > > > (VIDEO) ELN afirma que EEUU prepara invasión a Venezuela: Instalación > de 7 bases militares gringas confirma Uribe > Por: Agencias / Aporrea.org > Fecha de publicación: 05/08/09 > http://www.aporrea.org/imprime/n139940.html > > > Agosto 5 de 2009.- El presidente colombiano Álvaro Uribe inició ayer > una gira por países de Suramérica con el fin de despejar inquietudes > acerca del acuerdo militar que negocia con EEUU, que considera > "positivo" > > Según altos jefes militares de EEUU y de Colombia, la instalación de > las bases sólo debe ser temida por "terroristas y narcotraficantes". > > El Mandatario, que está acompañado de su canciller, Jaime Bermúdez, > visitó ayer mismo Perú y Bolivia. Su homólogo Alan García se > solidarizó ante lo que definió como "situaciones enojosas que > presentan a Colombia lamentablemente como víctima de algunos hechos > que no deberían ocurrir". > > Por su parte, Evo Morales ratificó a Uribe su rechazo. > > "Como víctima le dije que me siento agredido por la presencia de > militares estadounidenses en Colombia", dijo. > > El Presidente colombiano estará hoy en Chile y Paraguay, y mañana > continuará su periplo por Uruguay, Argentina y Brasil, según la agenda > preliminar que ha sido difundida, para explicarles los alcances del > acuerdo que negocia con Washington para que militares estadounidenses > puedan usar hasta siete bases en Colombia para operaciones contra el > narcotráfico. > > Se trata de tres bases de la Fuerza Aérea: Malambo (norte), Palanquero > (centro) y Apiay (este); dos del Ejército: en Tolemaida (centro) y > Larandia (sur); y dos navales: Cartagena (norte, sobre el Atlántico) y > Málaga (oeste, en el Pacífico), según el comandante general de las > Fuerzas Militares de Colombia, Freddy Padilla. > > "Nadie distinto a los terroristas y a los narcotraficantes debe temer > por este acuerdo transparente, respetuoso de soberanías, de los > acuerdos internacionales", dijo Padilla. > > Varios políticos colombianos aplaudieron la gira. "Me parece > conveniente. Tenemos que tratar de convencer a los vecinos de que > Colombia no tiene una intención agresiva", sostuvo el ex presidente > César Gaviria (1990-1994). Para Guillermo Fernández de Soto, canciller > en el gobierno de Andrés Pastrana (1998-2002), "es de una gran > utilidad", sobre todo por el "contacto personal" que el Mandatario > tendrá con otros jefes de Estado. > > ELN: PREPARAN INVASIÓN > El Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN) dijo ayer que EEUU prepara > una invasión de Venezuela desde bases militares colombianas y llamó a > las Farc a sumar fuerzas para impedirlo. El Comando Central del grupo > rebelde indicó que Washington inicia un dispositivo militar de ataque > a Venezuela, a través del aumento de tropas y medios de guerra de EEUU > en Colombia. > > Video Fuente: http://www.youtube.com/user/ComunicaBolivia > > ________________________________________________ > YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. > Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu > Set your options at: > http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/nchamah%40gmail.com ________________________________________________ YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
