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  Clock Ticking on Colombian Leader's Peace Efforts
Posted by FoM on August 23, 2001 at 13:39:46 PT
By Tod Robberson, The Dallas Morning News 
Source: Dallas Morning News 

justice Irish rebels are accused of teaching their Colombian colleagues how to make "super-bombs," presidential candidates are pushing for military confrontation, and the nation's two largest guerrilla groups appear to be mobilizing for war. Prospects have rarely looked bleaker for President Andrés Pastrana's peace process as the beleaguered Colombian leader enters his final year in office.

Candidates vying for the presidency in elections next summer say hopes are dwindling that the peace process can move ahead significantly during the time left in Mr. Pastrana's presidency.

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Comment #3 posted by zenfever on August 23, 2001 at 14:28:43 PT
colombia
more to the point, read this link

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Comment #2 posted by kaptinemo on August 23, 2001 at 14:09:43 PT:

My Pa can whip yer Pa's *ss!
That's what this looks like. Plain and simple.

But if Pastrana's enemies think they can start something and expect us to come charging to their rescue, that blackout could turn into a torrent of unpopular feeling here. If Sr. Pastrana's opponents think they will be backed by Washington no matter what they do, because of political inertia and the 'investment' already made, then they have another thing coming. American taxpayer support for the war in Colombia is so soft, right now, that were ANY news stories worth the name 'journalism' presented to the taxpares, that support would disappear. Hence the news blackout by the Powers-That-Be. A few body bags coming back from Colombia with the Satrs and Stripes laid across them will change that real quick.

God forbid.



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Comment #1 posted by Pontifex on August 23, 2001 at 13:55:06 PT:

LMAO, disaster prompts more of the same
Just look at the first sentence of this article. Columbia is vying for the distinction of Earth's number-one hell hole.

So in the wake of such abject failure, and with the presidential election coming up, what is the response from Columbia's political class?

More of the same!

"If they want war, they will have me as the best and most committed of their adversaries," said opposition presidential candidate Horacio Serpa, who currently holds the lead in public opinion polls.

So, voters of Columbia, which do you prefer? A muffled, drawn-out guerrilla war with aerial herbicides? Or an explosive, active guerrilla war with aerial herbicides?

It's your choice, voters of Columbia, because you live in a democracy sponsored by America.

LMAO!

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