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   From: tim.howard@suddenlink.net   
      
   I am watching the news nervously re:  Venezuela, Ecuador, and Columbia   
   being on the brink of war.  Several questions come to my mind.  The   
   first obvious one is will the U.S. get involved to support one of it's   
   few remaining allies in South America (the rest are either anti-American   
   or fence-sitters) and to what extent.  With Bush at low approval   
   ratings, and Republicans getting about half the turnout for the   
   primaries as the Democrats, the Republicans could use a war right now to   
   distract the voters and show how dangerous the world is and of course   
   how Republicans must be at the helm.   
      
   Other questions are will Bush go before Congress first?  Will Congress   
   support military action in the region?  If there is war, will Peru,   
   another ally of Chavez, get involved?  This mess could spill over into   
   the next Presidency.  Will "anti-war" Clinton or Obama remain neutral or   
   send in troops/bombers, etc?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)