Originally posted by: Lemon law
It is not without precedent for the USA to engage in proxy wars against regimes it does not like, so why should we act all enraged when Chevez MAY be doing the same. But last time I checked Chavez is not the de leader of Ecuador, so in that sense he has reason the bitch when Columbia is using its military to intervene in the affairs of its neighbors.
The Farc rebel movement has been engaged in a struggle with the government of Columbia long before Chevez came to power, and while having some of its top leadership
killed may be a set back, Farc is far from dead. And as long as Farc is alive and well, Chevez does not have to worry so much about Columbia being enlisted to fight a proxy war against him.
Methinks the OP has this childish notion that this is some game of cowboys and Indians where the Indians are the devils and the cowboys are the angels that can do no wrongs.
An insurgent movement of long standing like Farc does not remain viable long term unless they are opposed by a government that is actively engaging in repression. And there is no way anyone can make the case that Chevez is the cause of Farc.
So Chavez makes some verbal complaints and symbolic complaints the OP seems to be saying that therefor the sky is falling and the world is ending. When it probably means little or nothing because it does nothing and solves nothing.
As someone who lived in Colombia, and has been a victim of the FARC, let me tell you that you are so far off your rocker that you should be ashamed of yourself. The only reason that the FARC still has any semblance of withstanding is because they have aligned themselves with the drug traffickers, thus supplying them with the income they need to continue to fight against democracy in the region.
I see Socio post and normally I would call him Sociopath, but the truth is, that it's no tinfoil theory that Chavez wants to invade Colombia. He has said many times that he wishes to recreate the Bolivarian region that once was. He just recently purchased 1500 planes, from where, I do not remember.
You can defend Chavez in that it is obvious that the USA does not support his regime in the slightest. But do not defend an organization like the FARC or ELN (another of the leftist terrorist groups). These are people that hold many poor regions of the country hostage, forcing them to use their land for drug growing and not receiving a dime of this money.
They are the reason that Colombia has the largest number yearly of Land Mine deaths. And they are also the reason why it has the 2nd highest kidnapping rate, with Mexico just recently taking that crown (I don't know where Iraq fits into this equation).
I consider myself a liberal, but your post really pisses me off. I don't think it is the OP with the childish notion, but you who seemed to draw a line in this us vs them. The Colombian government is far from repressive.
These complaints are from symbolic or verbal. Ask anyone in the region, particularly Colombians, and they are vary wary of Chavez, and rightfully so. But that's alright, you keep living here in the USA and posting about your Socialist Utopia.
By the way, my cousin was kidnapped, held for ransom, and murdered by the FARC just last year. Was he a political senator, actively seeking to repress the members of the FARC? No, he was a singer. You may think that the FARC is not dead, but this movement has absolutely no support in Colombia. In fact demonstrations are held spontaneously quite frequently, and millions of people show up to denounce the actions. Colombians want the peace.
Queremos la paz.
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