NGOs started the fire

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Apart from claiming that this year Amazon fires aren't that bad and then firing staff who showed evidence to the contrary, Bolsanaro is now claiming that NGOs are starting the fire becuase of budget cuts and making him look bad

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-08-22/bolsonaro-blames-ngos-for-amazon-fires-igniting-global-outrage/11437626

You can't deny his logic
 

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Bolsonaro might be elected, but he totally has the heart and soul of a tinpot dictator.
 

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So they didn't start the fire. But did they ignite it when they tried to fight it?
 

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Hawki said:
So they didn't start the fire. But did they ignite it when they tried to fight it?
No, it was always burning since the world's been turning.
 
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I'm glad I'm not the only one whose head immediately went to the song.

*Ahem*

Anyway, of couuuuuurse Bolsenaro is going to deflect blame to people he doesn't like. He doesn't care about the Amazon, he has said how much he wants to expand business and agriculture into it.

I don't think he himself started the fires, but I definitely think he's thinking "so what? This will help our economy and flush out the native tribes in there that I don't like"

Agema said:
Bolsonaro might be elected, but he totally has the heart and soul of a tinpot dictator.
A-freakin-men.

Chimpzy said:
The world is run by men who'd burn the world if they can call themselves king of the ashes.
A. FREAKIN. MEN.