big fucking deal, bolivia nationalized its gas. but does corporate yahoo news pay attention to the fact that president morales also stated that he had NO QUALMS about doing business with international corporations as long as they respect bolivian law? OH NO! ANYTHING BUT THAT! american corporations don't understand what law is! why are the south americans being so mean to them?

yeah, morales is part of a "regime" just like hussein and ahmadinejad. let's add bolivia to the list of countries involved in the axis of evil. yahoo cries because (*gasp*) bolivian soldiers are guarding the country's natural gas reserves. why would they do that?! when the US-UK coalition invaded iraq, they allowed looting, destruction, and violence to rage without any interference (which resulted in the loss of precious ancient artifacts from museums in baghdad, the stripping of important infrastructure, and the loss of human lives and livelihood). despite this lax attitude toward civilian problems, US soldiers were much more adept in protecting financial assets. american soldiers surrounded the iraqi oil fields, guns in hand. but what am i thinking, comparing the two situations? americans are white, capitalist, and civilized -- it's their right and duty to do such things. silly me.

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