Making the world safe for democracy?
Perhaps the Islamic version won't be the only fascism we're forced to eradicate in this war.
Ollanta Humala, a former military officer and fierce nationalist, received the most votes in the presidential election on Sunday, edging out a pro-globalization candidate, a former president and 17 other candidates by pledging to guide Peru away from Washington-backed market reforms....While these elections could be harbingers of rough water ahead for the neocon philosophy that "freedom is a yearning placed in the heart of every human being," I'm left wondering about the hit on the reputations of America's most beloved Democrats, FDR and Truman. Apparently, they didn't quite finish the job eradicating fascism after all, did they?"If Mr. Humala triumphs in a second round, Peru would join a continentwide political shift in which populist candidates have won office by proposing a break with the economic policies long advocated by the United States in Latin America. Mr. Humala, whose first name means the "warrior who sees all," has openly expressed his admiration for Venezuela's populist president, Hugo Chavez, who in turn has praised Mr. Humala....
"His father founded an ultranationalist movement, etnocacerismo, that celebrates the superiority of the Indian race over those Peruvians descended from the Spanish. His mother has called for gays to be shot and a brother, Antauro, led a rebellion against the government last year....
And just as an aside.... Yet again we're left wondering who the Far Left will align themselves with: the pro-capitalist pro-democracy types backed by the Chimpführer, or the guys who shoot queers.
I won't give up a sawbuck on the President for anything less than 20-1 odds.
