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Originally Posted by Doc Com 
And while I can not think of the thread or exactly when I wrote it, on this very forum I publicly questioned why, last summer, my nephew and his platoon were being sent to Honduras. Why, of all places, were we sending troops to Honduras? So the South American thing you complain of was already in the makings. And had been for many years. To me, I thought perhaps it was to have a presence somewhere in that region closer to Chavez. Perhaps so.
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I'm not really jumping into the fray and all of the which party/politician to blame, cause that's just the kind of football mentality they want to perpetuate to cloud the fact that government of all stripes is the root of all evil in this country. There are no real differences between parties.
But anyway, to the Honduras thing. We've had troops in Honduras for oh, the last 25 years or more. I spent time down there myself in the early 90's. We help man an air base there. Not saying we should be there, just that it isn't any conspiracy (unless an extremely long and slow one) or related to the current situation.
Honduras is almost always on the brink of political crisis. I did really enjoy my time down there and it is beautiful in many areas, but I have a fondness for third world countries where pretty much anything goes and $20 US will buy you out of the back of a police car
