Admiral James Stavridis, head of the US Southern Command expressed the fear in early 2008 that “the connectivity between narcoterrorism and Islamic radical terrorism could be disastrous in this region …

As if it weren’t bad enough to have the evil fairy of Spanish colonialism’s looting mentality preside over South America’s birth, the Latin macho mentality just had to go that one better and embrace Marxism. Not to be outdone, this current crop of totalitarian loons is now bedding down with Islam. How many more insanely bad choices are these narcissistic idjits allowed to make before the earth opens up beneath them for an E-ticket ride straight to Hell?

We need to show why our ideas are better, are sensible (and) will produce good results,” he said, referring to “capitalism, free trade agreements, human rights, democracy and liberty.”

And if that doesn’t work, maybe having some of those Venezuelan-bound flights from Tehran getting blown out of the mid-Atlantic sky will help.

South America has a problem, but it’s root go deeper than the Colossus of the North. They are within its social and cultural structure. The Gringo is chiefly useful for misdirection and as a source of support for anyone who can convince Washington it is the lesser evil.

In light of how South America is so ready to embrace Islamic terrorism, it’s pretty safe to say that El Norte Americano will play a similarly misdirecting role as whipping boy that Jews do in the MME (Muslim Middle East).

… a great many will continue to believe that apologizing energetically enough and handing out compensation to every extended hand will keep totalitarianism at bay.

Otherwise known as “feeding the crocodile”.