Last week I was speaking to a few co-workers when I mentioned that Hugo Chavez wanted to sell discounted oil to the poor communities in the United States. Upon finishing the statement one of my co-workers said "Poor people don't even have cars" before walking out of the room.
There is no better way to elaborate on narrow minded thinking than with an article created shortly after hearing such a statement. Venezuela's CITGO is going to provide cheap gas for U.S. hospitals, nursing homes and schools. Venezuela's CITGO to Provide Cheap Gas for U.S. Hospitals, Nursing Homes and Schools. In addition, Hugo Chavez announced implementing free eye operations to people in all American continents with 150,000 operations available for United States citizens per year.
I don't know about you but I think President Chavez is a great, humane guy. Despite the fact that the United States has been involved in the overthrowing of many democratically elected officials, has been seen as implicated in the 2002 coup attempt of Chavez himself and has had the United States Secretary of Defense proclaim him a threat to stability in the region Hugo Chavez still extends his hand to all of America. Perhaps other leaders, especially those who claim to be Christian, can follow this type of turn the other cheek behavior.
Perhaps if the United States acts more civil and considerate to it's neighbors we can make deals that will help the entire nation. We should not have to wait on other leaders whose compassion weighs heavier than their relationship with our leader because our leader is making it tough to deal with the world. Resources in Ethiopia were lost to China because of our inability to be civil. We are losing human lives in Afghanistan and Iraq. Unless the money being made from this bloodshed and disorder is so great, maybe we can make America out to be the just place it was meant to be. The alternative is remaining narrow minded and walking away.
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