[dasboot]

my 2cents: Bolivia was in the hands of some alleged free-market, anti cocao reformers who milked the US of aid as a bulwark against encroaching communism and a ally in the WOD. They got the dough, prolly bought a bunch a helecopters and guns, and paid themselves a lot of money from the pot, while they told the farmers, whose best friends are drug trafficers and Fidel, to grow a bushel of tomatoes for a buck instead of a bushel of leaf worth a lot more. Fidel and his narco-trafficing buds prolly gave a bunch of dough to agitators to shake the old guard out...they went...and now Bolivia is gonna gin up it's drug trade. Happy Farmers, happy commies, happy drug guys. And if they can figure out a way of scamming the US again, all the better. But I don't think GW's gonna fall for it. I think he thinks that the WOD and communist momentum are linked. I don't know what he's gonna do, but I don't think he'll make the same error as the CLINTON ADMINISTRATION'S BOLIVIAN GIVAWAY.

Maybe I'm wrong?

[dasboot]

Oh yeah...I think this Commie stuff is more a cover for the filthy rich drug guys than any kind of social movement. It's a happy arangement between the two groups, time being. I think.

[whiskeyandvicodin]

Well, the WOD and communist momentum ARE linked. The more we step up the WOD, the more momentum these communist movements gain. The WOD gives these countries more incentive to enter the drug trafficking industry because it increases their returns. There's no shortage of poor people over there who are willing to transport some stuff over the border. We increase our efforts to eliminate drugs..drugs become more expensive..therefore more people have the incentive to sell drugs..