[fogarty]

"Who dropped this ball?"

Bush did. Seems to me that I, along with several other freepers, noted a Communist bloc forming to our south a half-year ago. We were ignored or told that there were other pressing concerns like Iraq and that we as a nation couldn't handle more than one crisis at a time.

Next in line...Argentina and Ecuador. By the time Bush is up for re-election we may be facing an entirely Communist South America. And our southern border still isn't secured.

[MonroeDNA]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Chris Dodd holing up the appointment of a guy who could solve it all?

He got pulled back due to "non-confirmation", I think...

[FreeReign]

"Who dropped this ball?" Bush did. Seems to me that I, along with several other freepers, noted a Communist bloc forming to our south a half-year ago. We were ignored or told that there were other pressing concerns like Iraq and that we as a nation couldn't handle more than one crisis at a time.

It does not follow, that because Lula was elected, that many people did not know that a communist bloc was forming.

It does not follow, that because Lula was elected, that Bush dropped the ball on this.

What should Bush have done about Lula and the elections in Brazil?

[grania]

Seems to me that I, along with several other freepers, noted a Communist bloc forming to our south a half-year ago. We were ignored or told that there were other pressing concerns like Iraq and that we as a nation couldn't handle more than one crisis at a time.

Don't forget the other concern...a Chinese corporation controls the Panama Canal.

[monkeywrench]

I'd bet the administration is paying very close attention to the block forming in the south. Do you really think they're going to be allowed to get in the way of the FTAA?

[thisiskubrick]

Seems to me that I, along with several other freepers, noted a Communist bloc forming to our south a half-year ago. We were ignored or told that there were other pressing concerns like Iraq and that we as a nation couldn't handle more than one crisis at a time. Next in line...Argentina and Ecuador. By the time Bush is up for re-election we may be facing an entirely Communist South America. And our southern border still isn't secured

What a bunch of crap! Brazil's middle class is too strong for communism. Lula's party is centrist. All this crap about Lula being part of some "Axis" is a bunch of hysteria. He's center/left but not a communist. I can understand that the right wing is annoyed that their man didn't get elected, but worrying about 100 million Brazillians reading Mao's little red book is going a bit far.