Here's another Bush legacy that will bite us in the a-- in a few years

[Dennis S]

He's either ignored South America or p----d them off over the years.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a0a8IQrfwSFU&refer=worldwide

[swampy]

Oh, no mention of the Democratic Congress opposing Bush's trade agreement with Columbia? Columbia and Brasil are two of our biggest trade partners and allies in SA and we've done everything but s*it on them. Our partisan Congress has faught Bush tooth and nail over all kinds of trade agreements with both.

It's no wonder to me that countries in SA will go looking elsewhere for economic expansion. The Chinese are really piling on down there. The Monroe Doctrine died in the 60's and 70's after we shut down relations with Cuba and gave away control of the Panama Canal. Since then we've taken a laissez-faire attitude toward all of SA except for problems with drugs and illegal immigration. You can't lay this one all on Bush.

[kap]

But we do ... we really do. It's just not legal

[NeverMind]

swampy wrote:
Oh, no mention of the Democratic Congress opposing Bush's trade agreement with Columbia? Columbia and Brasil are two of our biggest trade partners and allies in SA and we've done everything but s*it on them. Our partisan Congress has faught Bush tooth and nail over all kinds of trade agreements with both.

It's no wonder to me that countries in SA will go looking elsewhere for economic expansion. The Chinese are really piling on down there. The Monroe Doctrine died in the 60's and 70's after we shut down relations with Cuba and gave away control of the Panama Canal. Since then we've taken a laissez-faire attitude toward all of SA except for problems with drugs and illegal immigration. You can't lay this one all on Bush.

Swampy always forgets the first few years.

[swampy]

You didn't even read it, did you NM?

First few years? My post referred back to the 60's and 70's. What "first few years" are YOU talking about?

[Dennis S]

We can lay a lot of it on Bush. Like every other area, he did virtually NOTHING to improve anything.