the new oil find in Argentina--and get these resources out of the hands of democratic governments that use them for the benefit of the people.
"The Smart Way to Beat Tyrants Like Chávez," by Donald Rumsfeld, 12/1/07http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/30/AR2007113001800.htmlRumsfeld urges both economic warfare, and the U.S. acting "swiftly" in support of "friends and allies" in South America. Since the Bush Junta has no friends and allies in South America--except for the fascists in Colombia, and the "free traders" in Peru--I presume he means the fascist thugs, that the Bush Junta been funding and organizing all along in the leftist countries with the oil, who are planning coups.
I expect the Bush Junta to move first against Bolivia. But their main target is Venezuela, because of its leadership of the region on social justice and regional independence. In Bolivia, the fascist rural landowners are trying to split their oil/gas rich provinces off from the central government of Evo Morales, the first indigenous president of Bolivia and a strong Chavez ally. They may try to draw Chavez into the fray, in defense of Bolivia's sovereignty. And they may employ U.S. military intervention--a la South Vietnam--where the U.S. sets up a puppet government that "requests" U.S. help for its "independence." The Bushite goal: to create a fascist enclave and launching pad, in the oil-gas rich portion of Bolivia, in the midst of all of these leftist (majorityist) governments, and--a Rumsfeld specialty--creating sufficient chaos and suffering, and tumult at the UN, the OAS and elsewhere--to grab some of the Andes oil fields for his global corporate predator pals.
Exxon-Mobil's recent move against Venezuela--trying to freeze $12 billion of Venezuela's assets, in a dispute over Venezuela's 60% share of its own oil (--a deal that Norway' Statoil, British BP, Conoco, Chevron and others think is reasonable)--may be part of Rumsfeld's plan, aimed at weakening and destabilizing Venezuela.