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I've been wondering about her, vis a vis the leftist sweep of the continent. For instance, when Lulu met with Colombian dark lord, Defense Minister Santos, trying to get agreement on a South American common defense (under the auspices of the new South American "Common Market"--UNASUR), and Santos was throwing all kinds of conditions at it--aimed at no interference with Colombia's "special relationship" with U.S. Corpo/fascists ($6 BILLION in military aid), and at giving Colombia an effective veto (i.e., giving the U.S. an effective veto) over UNASUR military actions--conditions that no other country was imposing; only fascist Colombia--Batchelet sided with Colombia. And Lulu had to agree to the terms because of Chile's support (by his account).
It was hard to know whether she was yielding to Bushwhack pressure (as she has done before), or if she was making an initial agreement possible, so they could work from there. But it didn't look good. It looked like a collusive cave-in.
Then, however, she did two things: She negotiated Bolivia's long sought after access to the sea (through Chile)--a great boon to the Morales government, and she convened the meeting of UNASUR at which unanimous backing of the Morales government was achieved (even including Colombia), as Morales faces a Bush-supported, fascist insurrection (riots, murders, blowing up a pipeline) in Bolivia's eastern provinces.
Now this. You can often tell more about a person by her/his jokes than anything else. (I didn't need to know much more about Rafael Correa, when he was asked about Chavez's remark to the UN that Bush is "the devil," and he replied that it was "an insult to the devil.") Her joke is so revealing! You can tell it's getting roars all over South America. It not only acknowledges all past U.S. coups and other horrors against South American countries, and the CURRENT ONE in Bolivia, it indicates a certain self-confidence among South American leaders that they can laugh about it--even in the Bushwhacks' faces. Of course it isn't funny. 15 to 30 unarmed peasants were machine-gunned to death by the Bolivian fascists, and many were beaten and terrorized, and much damage done. But sometimes you just have to laugh, and that's a fact. You can't cry forever. And Batchelet helped initiate the UNASUR investigation of those deaths, and its other missions to Bolivia. She is looking at the perpetrators and laughing in their faces. You can also be pretty sure--from this joke--that the Bushwhacks got an earful from her, about their Bolivian intervention.
I am encouraged. Chile was the one weak point in the solidarity of the leftist governments. I can always say, with great accuracy, that Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Uruguay and Paraguay are strong and close allies--say, when someone attacks Chavez. What does Lulu think of Chavez? He praised him as a democrat with a small d, and as a great peacemaker. What does Fernando Lugo think of him? He sang with him on stage at his inauguration, and gave him a personal tour of his poor parish in Paraguay. What does Nestor Kirchner think of Chavez? "He's my brother!" Etc. Not to mention major economic and infrastructure cooperation, and their having Chavez's back when he gets criticized by Bushwhacks and Corpo-fascists. The leaders of these countries are demonstrably, provably, strong friends and allies. But Chile has always been the exception--I've taken to calling Chile a weak ally, but an ally.
Well, I'm not so sure about that any more, given this Batchelet joke. Hard to plumb the depths of a joke. But there are depths--perhaps more depths than in any other kind of statement. The joke says: she strongly backs the sovereignty of South American countries, and has sympathy for the desire of many leaders and peoples to be rid of U.S. domination and dictation. These are both especially strong desires in the most leftist countries, the Bolivarians (Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia). She was not speaking directly to Bushwhacks, although her joke will most certainly be reported to them, and she knows this. It is a sharp jab at them, but spoken to a group of "investors"--some Bushites, some not. A joke--if it's a good one--is inclusive. It gets the audience on your side. So here she is "dividing and conquering" in the U.S., even as Bushwhacks try their last gasps of "divide and conquer" with their outrages in Bolivia (and similar plots in Venezuela and Ecuador).
Great confidence. Bold. Daring. It would have been unheard of, just a few years ago, and certainly at any time in the past. That seems to be the trend, these days, what with Honduras--Honduras, of all places--flipping off the Bushwhacks a couple of weeks ago. I think this may be the main reason that the Bushwhacks hate Chavez so much--I mean, besides his cutting into Exxon Mobil's profits, and using the money for the poor: he emboldens everybody else, all the other leaders. He is the one who says undiplomatic things (i.e. the truth), so they are all encouraged to speak more of the truth. And Batchelet did that, with this joke. She told the truth. Philip Goldberg must be gnawing on his knuckles (and breaking his teeth) over this one.
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