Feb 14 2008
Oilmen in the White House – Emperor of Paraguay?
It is no secret that GW Bush has been buying land in Paraguay. He has been at it for awhile now. Speculation has been it is because Paraguay has no extradition treaty with the United States. Once Bush is out of the White House and the rest of the world gets around to figuring out what he’s done, he will be out of reach. Or, if you like conspiracy theories, you will find that the present administration has been strong arming the Paraguay government to grant total immunity to any United States troops in their country for any crimes committed. What is that all about? I wasn’t aware we had any troops in Paraguay. But then maybe the administration has plans no one else has been made aware of. Maybe they have Weapons of Mass Deception and pose an imminent threat to the United States.
For more than a year, the US has been exerting economic and diplomatic pressure on South America countries to grant immunity from prosecution to US troops stationed there if any “excesses” are committed such as in Iraq and Afghanistan. US troops are immune from prosecution in Colombia as evidenced by the recent scandal of US military running drugs out of Colombia to the US and not being returned to Colombia to face charges.
The Paraguayan Congress granted immunity to US troops in its territory within the framework of a government to government agreement Military and Bilateral Interchanges and Exercises which was passed on May 5, 2005. THis opened the door to the regionalization of Plan Colombia in the south. This agreement will run from June 1, 2005 to December 31, 2006 and can be extended as was the access of the US military to the Manta base in Ecuador.
Under this agreement US soldiers will virtually hold diplomatic status. They will not be able to be tried for crimes committed in Paraguay and since the US does not recognize the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, any human rights violations will also go unpunished and extreme cases be dealt with by a “slap on the wrist” in a US military court.
Recently, when Venezuela broke military cooperation ties with the US, a U.S. service woman was apprehended taking photographs of the Libertador air base in Maracay. She was arrested and turned over the US authorities. Chavez then warned that any other US military personnel found committing any other crimes in Venezuela would be tried in a Venezuelan court, and not returned to the US. This was a statement of sovereignty in the face of US intimidation. (Source: Axis of Logic).
What is interesting is the speculation that old George was interested because the area he is buying sits on one of the largest aquifers in the world. That makes some sense. George is a pseudo Texan who couldn’t even find oil in Texas. Maybe he can find water easier. But then now the news comes out that Paraguay is on top of some of the largest untapped oil reserves in the world. You can bet George didn’t find it on his own. See old George is like that post turtle. You see them sitting on the top of a fence post and you wonder. You know he didn’t get up there by himself.
Pantera Petroleum (PTPE) has just revealed the early indicators of a world-record oil / gas discovery in Paraguay’s first Super-Field. These potential reserve numbers – which are included in a 2007 independent geological report by world-renowned Energy Consulting International, Inc. – are the BIGGEST I have ever seen.
Quoting directly from the company’s website at www.PanteraPetroleum.com:
Pantera Petroleum Inc. has rights to five concessions in northern Paraguay, covering nearly 16,000 square kilometers, with combined potential reserves of 6.7 TCFE of gas or 1100 million barrels of oil.
So what is old George up to? Is he hedging against the future of this country? You know the one he bankrupt like he did Texas before. Rumor has it Deadeye Dick has already built a bunker to hide in on the Bush estate and the two of them are going to hold up until the country runs dry. Haven’t we heard about this before? Didn’t Georgie remind us, “don’t forget Paraguay!” or was that Poland.
