Why does Obama feel so beholden to The Crazies in the US? It seems to me every time he takes a step forward, he feels compelled by The Crazies to take one or two steps back. Thus, the unwillingness to take on a ban on automatic weapons; thus backtracking on remaining neutral on Venezuelan elections. Thus allowing Janet Napolitano to talk tuff on God forgive me Criminal Aliens. Slow and steady or suffering from Nancy Pelositis? From here in Mexico, it seems bizarre that the politics of compromise mean the politics of compromising with extremists.
The US by the way is the only country in the hemisphere that doesn't recognize Cuba.
Anyway, another good article for y'all to check out. A bit of history on US imperialism in Latin America and how Roosevelt kinda overcame it here.
And if you think I'm just sounding like an old leftie, here is a very definitely accurate list of US troops appearing in Latin American countries. How do you think the US would feel if those Latin Americans had appeared on our shores?