Are the communists hoping we stay in Iraq so they can finish taking over South America?

Answer 1

Not sure what communists you are referring to... the only options are Cuba, China and N.Korea.

Of those, I don't know of any S.American takeovers in the works.

Maybe you are referring to some non-communists movements in those areas... btw, there are quite a few.

While we have been focusing on Islamic nations and obsessed with muslim extremists, the rest of the world has been very busy committing some unspeakable atrocities.

Answer 2

I don't think the communist really care... they don't think we care about South America... and I think I'll have to agree with them...

out of Osama, N. Korea, Iran... and then South America...

three of those are pretty big threats... one... not so much...

it's going to be a while before they become a priority... or at least should be a while... who knows about Republicans...

Answer 3

The current generation of politicians are not communists, they're left wing social democrats.

Equating left wing social democrats to communists is like equating right wing republicans to fascists.

There is a vast gap separating the two.

Communists (or more accurately Marxists) in tightly state controlled command economies, with the population subservient to the the economic and political objectives of the state. The needs of the individual must defer to the needs of the state at all times.

Social Democrats on the other hand believe in:
- A social market economy over a free market, with controls to protect the rights of workers, consumers and small businesses from the depredations of big business,
- An extensive system of social security to counteract the effects of poverty and to insure the citizens against loss of income following illness or unemployment and Government-owned or subsidised programs of education, healthcare, child care, etc. for all citizens, paid for by moderate to high levels of progressive taxes.
- A foreign and immigration policy that emphasises miltilateralism and multiculturalism over unilateralism and discrimination.

In other words, social democrats believe in the power of trade without the damaging distortions of free market capitalism. They believe that the worst excesses of free market capitalism must be controlled so that the individual can thrive and grow. In other words, unlike Marxism, social democrats believe in the rights of the individual.

For decades South America was run by dictators on behalf of a privileged few at the expense of the many. Ordinary people were repressed, and any movement to improve working conditions, social security etc were brutally stamped on. At the same time, big business did well, as they benefited from the restrictions in workers rights and the resulting low wages and taxes. Sadly, these dictators were supported (and sometimes put in place) by western countries such as the US and UK, in order to make the countries sources of cheap labour and goods and to provide markets for their own subsidised goods without any local competition. In these countries during this period, a small minority became very wealthy, whilst the majority of the population got poorer.

The current generation of politicians have reversed the trend, funding public health programmes, free or heavily subsidised education programmes, redistributing wealth from the over rich to the very poor, and insisting on proper control and taxation of big business, so that workers have better rights to safety, decent working conditions and renumeration. They are social democrats who believe in fairness for all, not just the lucky few at the top. Unfortunately this means that those countries who formerly benefitted from the low cost of a frightened population with no rights see them as a threat.

Leaders such as Hugo Chavez of Venezuela and Evo Morales of Bolivia are condemned by some, most notably the United States Government as communists because they put social and economic policies that benefit their own people (e.g. using oil revenues to fund schools and health clinics) above economic policies that only benefit (mostly US owned) multinationals and the US Government.

Answer 4

I think that the rest of the oil producing nations hope that you stay in Iraq and don't invade them in order to liberate them or to search for any weapons of mass deception.

Answer 5

I do not know why people around here assume the whole world is committing unspeakable atrocities BECAUSE the US is busy in Iraq.

The evil is committed by the evil ones, and they are responsible.

Answer 6

Sure, that's a real good theory. It must be the latest from the incisive Rush or the insightful Sean.

Answer 7

Yes.

Answer 8

Communism is dying too quickly for anyone to even care

Answer 9

You mean they haven't yet?They sure as hell are taking over the U.S.