Brazil - Worker's Party Totalitarianism - Lula supports gun control, Chavez, Iran

The PT showed that it does not believe in the so-called democratic regime as an end in itself but merely as an instrument to advance their totalitarian project.

- its attempts to achieve partisan-ideological control of state agencies and companies;

- its creation of councils to control the Judiciary Branch, the media, culture, universities and so on;

- its pronounced and public support for movements like MST that violate public order and disrespect private property;

- its failure to provide an effective policy of public safety, combat organized crime, and its attempt to impose a gun control policy detrimental to honest men;

- its "third-world-oriented" diplomacy, infected with anti-Americanism, which sought a leftist front of Latin American governments against the U.S., benefiting China as a trade and ideological ally, and turned toward strange and spurious alliances (as with Syria);

- its corruption schemes to deviate public funds to the PT, which led to the fall of important government figures, the resignation of many in the PT leadership and heads of important state-owned companies;

- the denunciation, proved by a Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry (PCI), that the PT siphoned public funds to bribe congressmen to vote with the government on important issues and enlist opposition congressmen;

- its strange shuffling of funds inside and outside the country, allegedly involving money from Castro, Chavez, the PLO, and Qaddafi.

One achievement of the Lula government at the end of its third year was the effective organization of a united front of leftist governments in Latin America.

Breaking with longstanding diplomatic tradition, Brazil adopted aggressive and interventionist foreign policies in South America. Always marked by ambiguity - which became its principal strength - this policy tirelessly advocated a much-trumpeted "integration" of the continent while actually seeking to organize an ideological front of leftist governments.

Through this ambiguity, many saw Lula as a source of "moderation." An alliance with Brazil was seen as way of containing the ever more radical antics of Hugo Chavez (seconded by Fidel Castro).

Despite those who still believe in the myth of Lula's supposed "moderation, the facts show the contrary.

At the end of his third year, Lula not only did not contain Hugo Chavez but was his main ally and support.

In 2005, The Chavez' agenda progressed on all fronts: Venezuela's growing totalitarianism, the victory of Evo Morales in Bolivia, his influence in regional politics, and the admission of Venezuela into the trade group Mercosul, and soon of Bolivia, at the insistence of Lula and Kirchner.

Naively believing that the Lula government is a moderating influence is a grave and dangerous mistake. This mistake opened the way for putting together a strongly anti-American bloc of leftist governments in South America led by Hugo Chavez. This bloc aims to impose socialist economics and cozy up to China as a trade partner and ideological ally, much to the detriment of the United States. Finally, this bloc is establishing closer ties with the axis of terror (Iran-Syria). If a world war breaks out, this can seriously harm the political stability of Latin America and become a nightmare for American foreign policy.

In October, President Hugo Chavez - a close ally of Iran - confirmed he was negotiating an agreement of nuclear cooperation with Brazil and Argentina. He believes it necessary for South American "integration."

Right in the beginning, the Lula government's then Minister of Science and Technology, Roberto Amaral, stated that Brazil should master the technology for producing the atomic bomb, causing strong international repercussions.

Regarding Iran, the Lula government's reaction to the extreme declarations of President Mahmoud Ahamadinedjad about the elimination of the Jewish state reflect an ill-disguised hostility that has characterized Lula's relations with Israel. Brazil did not formally and categorically condemn Ahmadinejad's statements and limited itself through foreign minister Celso Amorim to condemn violence and recall the need for a "peaceful and respectful coexistence between the states of Israel and Palestine". Amorim also tried to disconnect the Iranian leader's threats against Israel from the nuclear enrichment issue.

It is well to recall that, in his visit to the Middle East, Pres. Lula da Silva skipped Israel and began with Syria, where, alongside dictator Bashar Assad, he attacked the Jewish State.

Thanks Joe, we will pass this on in the right circles in Florida and New York. This needs to be heard.

Ops4 God Bles America!

I understand that in remote parts of Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia, and Venezuela, Al Qaeda and affiliates are setting up terror training camps and networks often with the complicity of government officials.
People of Middle Eastern persuasion are moving into remote parts of the aforementioned nations by the thousands. They are opening businesses and becoming involved in criminal activity. They are making converts of the locals with promises of money and help from Islamic "charities" (fronts to raise mula for the jihad). Many are changing from Arabic to Hispanic-sounding names and getting passports under the new names. There is also evidence of terror groups linking up with criminal gangs with U.S. ties and with leftist guerilla groups. None of this bodes well for the WOT.

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