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November 17, 2005

American Moonbattery Feeds Spreading Cancer in Latin America

Posted by Dave Blount at November 17, 2005 6:29 AM

Dick Morris has a disturbing piece in the New York Post warning of the Frankenstein monster we are helping to create in Latin America with our dependence on foreign oil, our unfortunate appetite for cocaine, and our equally unfortunate unwillingness to commit to the free-market principles this country represents.

The Achilles heel of communism — which Reagan adroitly exploited to bring down the Soviet Union — is the fact that, economically speaking, left-wing ideology simply doesn't work. Paying people to be subservient slaves to an all-powerful government does not generate wealth the way freedom does.

But thanks to our dependency on foreign oil — exacerbated by the environmental extremism that impedes both nuclear technology and oil drilling in our own country — some countries don't need to be economically efficient. They just need to be sitting on a lake of oil.

One such country is Venezuela, which strongman Hugo Chavez is deliberately steering on a collision course with the USA. He has used his oil wealth to export anti-Americanism and anti-capitalism throughout Latin America, and may even pose a threat to Mexico, which has become increasingly annoyed with Venezuela's heroin trafficking activities.

Cuba's brutal dictator Fidel Castro isn't the only kindred heart Chavez has found in Latin America. He has been getting along fabulously with FARC — the gang of leftist narco-terrorists who are trying to snuff out democracy in Colombia, funded by America's hunger for cocaine just as Chavez is funded by our failure to meet our own energy needs.

Further exacerbating the problem is our indulgence in protectionism, which makes it more difficult for Latin American countries to develop into the sort of wealthy capitalist democracies where left-wing totalitarianism appeals only to journalists and college professors.

Much as I hate to compare a great man to a slug like Chavez, it could be that Chavez has discovered America's Achilles heel — moonbattery — just as Reagan zeroed in on the Soviet Union's prime weakness. As left–liberal kookiness and decadence corrode our culture from within, they present frightening opportunities for external enemies like Chavez.

Hat tip: Byron

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