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  Bush Policy in Colombia is Unchanged
Posted by FoM on July 27, 2001 at 10:06:24 PT
By Michael Hedges  
Source: Houston Chronicle 

justice The Bush administration has no plan to expand America's anti-drug efforts in Colombia, officials said Thursday, backing away from comments attributed to the U.S. ambassador in Bogotá that drew fire from Congress.

U.S. Ambassador to Colombia Anne Patterson on Tuesday described plans to expand America's role in training the Colombian military to battle drug cartels supported by leftist guerrilla groups.

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Comment #1 posted by Pontifex on July 27, 2001 at 15:50:39 PT:

Stasis is not an option
The Bush administration has no plan to expand
America's anti-drug efforts in Colombia, officials said
Thursday.

Oh, so the whole Columbian situation is going to freeze
in place? Hardly.

The anti-drug hydra is already loose and expanding in
Columbia by the day. It doesn't require "plans to
expand" from the Bush administration. Every gallon of
Roundup sprayed, every paramilitary crackdown on
villagers, every bullet-riddled missionary draws
America deeper into the conflict.

In nature, most things either grow or die. And U.S.
intervention in Columbia is alive and well.

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