vulcanicoliose (July 6, 2008 at 4:04 pm)

... the 20th century, every Brazilian administration depended on a very unpopular single-party dictatorship (of the Colorados), and now, that they have finnaly lost their power and the liberals regained control of the country, we are in deep trouble. That was our own fault

vulcanicoliose (July 6, 2008 at 4:02 pm)

... there are going to occur other 9/11s. But you are right, other countries have interests there, like Great Britain (which was also attacked by Al Qaeda), that doesn't chage the fact that this kind of behavior is terrible for these countries and its people, allways causing blowback. Now we have a nationalist government in Paraguay that wants to change its policy towards Brazil, demanding higher prices for the energy we take from Itaipu Dam, that happens because once and then throughout...

vulcanicoliose (July 6, 2008 at 3:57 pm)

Actually Brazil was once inAmerica's shoe when invaded Paraguay in the 19th century in order to protect free trade in River Prata. Thousands died and Paraguay became the weakest nation in South America, instead of its optimistic perspectives before the war. You said it's not a war for oil but almost every argument of yours its about U.S. bependency on foreign oil. If America remais with such vision of the world (I still depend on these dictators so to hell with what happens in their countries)

MissVendella (July 6, 2008 at 2:49 pm)

That shit is soo true!!!!

3SCboy (July 6, 2008 at 5:54 am)

That is so true, you cant take over B-More in two weeks. East and West side will go crazy, they some hard people

riflekid44 (July 6, 2008 at 2:39 am)

We're still going to see a lot of military interventions in the Middle East from the West, due to this current crisis. And it is absolutely essential that we in the U.S figure out how, in the long run, to lessen our dependency on foreign energy. Right now we get most of our oil domestically and import the rest from Canada, Mexico, Venezuela, northwestern Africa, Saudi Arabia, and the other southern gulf states (not Iraq). Their oil is being used to rebuild and restore their own country.

riflekid44 (July 6, 2008 at 2:28 am)

A plethora of nations always had interests in the Middle East, not just America. And I guarantee you that if Brazil was in America's shoes, I would have done the same. The rise of international terrorism, the Arab-Israeli conflict and the world economy's dependency on Mideast oil will keep Americans and Europe interested in the region for years to come. I'm not saying this is a war for oil, what i'm saying is that oil fuels an awful lot of geopolitical moves that political powers may have there.

vulcanicoliose (July 6, 2008 at 12:34 am)

And if you didn't read yet I suggest you "Slaughterhouse 5", form Kurt Vonnegut, about the bombing of Dresden during WW2, great work about "acceptable losses".

vulcanicoliose (July 6, 2008 at 12:31 am)

I'm sorry to disagree, but U.S. has interests in Middle east for decades, which it demonstrates sometimes by bombing (first Gulf War), others by supporting unpopular regimes (Shah in Iran, the Saudi Monarchy), others by producing a foreign policy that benefits Israel and harms Palestine. So yes, America started, that doesn't mean 9/11 was justified, not at all, but that helps explaining how fanatics are still able to convince young men to blow themselves up: U.S. is seeing as a real threat

Y0URK1D1NG (July 5, 2008 at 9:17 pm)

<3 peace bro =]