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| U.S. Role in Colombia Grows More Dubious |
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Posted by FoM on August 20, 2001 at 07:54:52 PT Bee Editorial Source: Sacramento Bee 
Colombian President Andres Pastrana has signed a law that makes the U.S. commitment to his country's war against drug traffickers look even more hopeless than it did last year, when Congress approved a $1.3 billion aid program. The Colombian law allows the military, for many years a major human rights abuser, to be virtually free of civilian control in "conflict zones" in large areas of the country.This raises serious questions about the wisdom of the U.S. aid program. So does the absence of evidence that Plan Colombia, an internationally backed attempt to wipe out drug trafficking while creating economic alternatives for Colombian peasants, has produced any gains to date. Snipped Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help |
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Comment #1 posted by Ethan Russo, MD on August 20, 2001 at 08:05:31 PT:
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| Demographically, California's Great Central Valley (my home 1973-74 in grad school) more closely resembles Iowa than it does Baghdad by the Bay. Thus, when the Sacto Bee comes out against Amerikan involvement in the developing atrocity in Colombia, it is news indeed. If only the government listened to the people, instead of floundering 10 paces behind. STOP THE WAR! [ Post Comment ] |
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