Rob Perkins wrote in message . ..
(Alex) wrote:

Let's see:

1 -- Not kill their own people (usually a conceded point)

In Southamerica the US supported government killing of innocents in
concentration camps without trials of any kind. They trained the local
military and turned a blind eye to the tortures and killings.

I don't know much about that, to be honest. But it doesn't sound like
the stated policies of any administration in the last 20 years, let
alone the normative American approach to things.

Of course it never was the "stated policies" of any administration.
But the documents have been declasified, so it's more that just a
theory. Yes, it happened more than 20 years ago, but the effects of it
are still shaking southamerican societies. Today the US foreign policy
is more bold and blunt, but I don't think its moral quality has
improved.

I'm afraid you'll have to prove this one with a bit more than
something like the shrill content of "FSTV".

Rob, honestly. Just because you ignore something doesn't mean I have
to prove it to you. Search for the information yourself. For example,
do the following search in google: ["Plan Condor" "CIA"] THere

4 -- Trade with Americans.

Only Chile has a trade agreement with the US, and that's decades after
they defeated the US-puppet Pinochet.

What? I thought we'd extended NAFTA to South America, and joined GATT
and the WTO... We've been buying Mexican and Venezuelan oil for
decades, etc, etc, etc...

Ok, I was talking about southamerican countries where the US installed
dictatorships. Trade was not the motivation and the current lack of
trade agreements in those countries proves it.

Rob, you have watched too many Hollywood movies.

Doesn't follow. I'm more unique than virtually every American in the
respect that I've actually lived overseas.

South America is overseas?