America's favorite war-profiteering grifter "Lanny Davis" went on the Amy Goodman program last week to debate whether or not the Hondurans deserve representative democracy (they don't). In order to make his case on behalf of the junta, Davis relied on the public relations tactics that proved so successful with Hillary Clinton's loser campaign: victimization, shamelessness, constant lying, etc.
But haha, Lanny's debate opponent was NYU professor Greg Grandin, a person who had actually heard of Honduras before June, and Grandin has now published a fine list of the most egregious lies Lanny managed to squeeze into one short program. Here's a link to this modern-day Lincoln-Douglas, and Grandin's fact-checking Huffington Post column, enjoy.
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There have also been similar threats from Colombian para groups in Zulia state, Venezuela.
Posted by Utpal
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August 12, 2009 12:31 PM
Posted on August 12, 2009 12:31
More success in Colombia, putting its paramilitary 'past' behind them, way, way behind the conservative Uribe government:
Right. It had to be the FARC, because when you see pamphlets with the known names of paramilitary organizations, and then the outcome mirrors what the death squad narco-paramilitaries have always done, it's obviously proof of the lack of paramilitary activity.
Posted by El Cid
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August 12, 2009 11:15 AM
Posted on August 12, 2009 11:15
Davis is not an expert, but a bought off hack. I don't think any actual scholar or researcher of Latin American affairs would be interested in his analysis per se, beyond what it indicated about his or his connections' attitudes.
Posted by El Cid
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August 12, 2009 11:05 AM
Posted on August 12, 2009 11:05
Oops! that should be "Lanny".
Posted by Bosque
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August 12, 2009 8:23 AM
Posted on August 12, 2009 08:23
@Utpal
I was referring to that Lanny guy.
@El Cid
Yes, there are quite a few who specialize in and study another country's political & economic system, people, etc.
Yet, as evidenced by Larry's interview, it certainly doesn't make one an "expert".
Posted by Bosque
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August 12, 2009 8:22 AM
Posted on August 12, 2009 08:22
It isn't that he's closeted, it isn't that he's a bad liar, it isn't that he's a grifter -- none of those things bother me as much as the fact that he's riding the Clinton coattails.
That bothers me. Hillary was very quick to condemn the news out of Burma today. But where the hell is she on active death squads in Honduras? Or is that to "reckless" to bring up?
Posted by Elizabeth Ferrari
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August 11, 2009 11:51 PM
Posted on August 11, 2009 23:51
There are Latin American scholars who specialize in U.S. politics, sociology, and history, who have never lived here either.
Posted by El Cid
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August 11, 2009 10:14 PM
Posted on August 11, 2009 22:14
Which "expert" are we talking about?
Posted by Utpal
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August 11, 2009 8:11 PM
Posted on August 11, 2009 20:11
What's with the so-called "experts" on Latin America who have never lived there?
Posted by Bosque
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August 11, 2009 6:08 PM
Posted on August 11, 2009 18:08
Mmmmmm, fresh meat!
Posted by QueenBina
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August 11, 2009 1:06 PM
Posted on August 11, 2009 13:06