TWO VIEWS: We need to stand by our staunch allies like Colombia

tigredelnorte2 says on Jun 17, 2008, 07:56:

If McCain wins, Colombia is good to go. Meaning there will be a trade agreement. If BHO wins, a trade agreement will be difficult to obtain.

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romy says on Jun 17, 2008, 08:05:

Medellin wants Obama...

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b bruce says on Jun 17, 2008, 11:48:

Here in South Florida have a women born in Colombia running as a Democrat against Congresswoman Illiana Ross Latinen. She is against the FTA. These liberals are so blind due to their hatred of Bush they are willing to hurt the very country they come from. I will find out more about her so I can post the info in the future. Perhaps if she goes home to visit family someone will kick her dead in the ass!

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Mike19 says on Jun 17, 2008, 17:52:

Obama can't win.....He will be against helping colombia plus will be a wimp when it comes to terrorism. This is a man who wants to have coffee with the arab nations who say they want death to the US and ISRAEL.

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sanandressi says on Jun 18, 2008, 09:18:

I support the FTA with Colombia only because we have already seen CBI, CAFTAA and NAFTA and China.

Unfortunaately, too many Americans still cannot see why these so called free deals hurt a MAJORITY of the 300 million American people. AMERICA is broke financially. China holds the bonds. US companies have closed the factories and have INVESTED our wealth as a nation in China and Mexico etc. Yes, it is good for a few aand you get cheap goods for a while but then when your wealth is gone to China where are you?

OK so YOU have a million or 10 million or 50 BN like Billy Gates but the government is in debt and your natural resources are being sent to China and how do 300 million prosper?

Colombia has more to win with this deal than the US. The US had a trade surrplus with Mexico before Nafta and now?

Americans are not happy with $4 gas and the housing crises. McCain and Obama have no answer. Those that do are not running. America needs to STOP giving itself away and selling itself and it needs to reinvest HERE and not in Colombia. However, our politicians, bought off by globalist CEO's, have a different agenda. Colombia's government is spending like $300,000 to lobby the Congress ovver this thing.

America needs to adopt the attitude of France! We will do what is best for us first and the rest of the world comes second. A NATIONALIST candidate is going to arise in the United States IF the country continues to sell itself and give itself away otherwise America will become another Latin American type society. I hope I am wrong! A country that does not manufacture the goods it consumes loses....oil for example?

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romy says on Jun 18, 2008, 09:52:

I would argue both candidates are "nationalists" just different tactics... you don't believe Plan Colombia, USAID, war in Iraq/Afghanistan etc. is done for the benefit of other nations, instead of a US interest, do you?

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sanandressi says on Jun 18, 2008, 12:56:

Plan Colombia, USAID, NAFTA, CAFTA, CBI are for multi-national companies looking to make a quick buck off of cheap labor and the ability to pollute. The State Department works for itself and multi-national comannies....so called council on foreign relations.....

Become a student of Lou Dobbs on CNN and soon you will understand........the interests of a few in the US not a majority. Republicans want to sell the country and the Democrats want to give it away. Which do you prefer?

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romy says on Jun 18, 2008, 13:09:

I completely understand "the interests of a few in the US not a majority."

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