Originally posted by Willi
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The JLP/Republican alliance was indeed about self interest....but that was back in the 1970s when the (Republican) Nixon/Ford then the (Democrat) Carter administrations were allied with the JLP in fighting Cuba.... using the CIA and their destabilization of the Cuba-friendly Manley govt...eventually installing the JLP in 1980 on a platform of terrorist violence and economic sabotage....
As to Republicans "doing more" for the Caribbean...that is a mirage
Yes Reagan lined up Seaga and others in the CBI ...but again Reagan's interest was only to limit Cuban influence... as soon as dat likkle Cold War matter dun ...the so called "doing more" via the CBI evaporated...effectively lasting less than a decade... what took over from that was the so called "Washington Consensus" where dem demand seh wi haffi open markets to dem products and dem nah buy none ah fiwi more dan suh.
When the Republican Bushes came into power...what did they deliver to the Caribbean? ...just disrespect by ignoring the region or demanding more market access. Drop Drawers Clinton was di said ting... ignore wi same way
Suh yuh useful to Babylon ongly as far as dem calculate dem owna benefits... wen dem benefit dun dem drap yuh fasta dan Clinton drap im BVDs.... wedda dem is Republican ar Democrat...ah suh di ting set fi iva
However I love the irony of JLP supporters constantly condemning and complaining about the Republican party and their leaders... when their own favoured tribe is so publicly & privately aligned with it... with nary a whisper about that from said supporters... a delicious irony..
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