Diane on Coups, was, ?

[Diane Monaco]

At 11:02 PM 4/14/2002 -0400, pms wrote:
>Perhaps there is mounting cause to take a look at why coups are common
>vehicles for political change here.  75 percent of the people living in
>poverty in this oil-rich country may provide a clue.  Undemocratic shifts
>like coups may just be related to the democracy within.
>
>Diane
>
>I think that often coups are just semi-covert US policy.  You could tell it
>was going to happen months ago.  By the official lines being put into the
>media.  By the Bush appointments to Latin America.  I've been waiting for it
>ever since the Venezuelan oil minister, leading OPEC, got the producers to
>wise up and put forth effective pr, like when they reminded the American
>people that most of the cost of gas went to their own government thru taxes.
>If there were free elections in the Gulf, they'd probably have lots of coups
>too.
>Another suspectfor the heart of coup, whoever got all that oil money in the
>past.

Yes, Diane on Coups.

Tip number 1:  It is always good to start with, "J'accuse" [insert leader's 
name and a set of exaggerated claims, falsehoods, and/or other assorted 
hyperboles]!

No really, thanks for your post.  I quite agree with you and was suggesting 
that the equality of opportunities within the country play a role.  I agree 
that many other countries would be overrun with coups in an environment of 
free elections and gross poverty.

Diane

more coup tips to follow...