Comments on: FARC’s last stand? http://cominganarchy.com/2008/04/24/farcs-last-stand/ Speak Victorian, Think Pagan Sat, 11 Oct 2008 23:39:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Adrian http://cominganarchy.com/2008/04/24/farcs-last-stand/#comment-383393 Adrian Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:22:05 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2008/04/24/farcs-last-stand/#comment-383393 DJ - what are you talking about? FP blog said FARC's references to Obama were wishful thinking: http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/node/8340 Got anything more than a conspiracy theory based on your own wishful thinking? DJ - what are you talking about? FP blog said FARC’s references to Obama were wishful thinking:
http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/node/8340

Got anything more than a conspiracy theory based on your own wishful thinking?

]]> By: DJ http://cominganarchy.com/2008/04/24/farcs-last-stand/#comment-383391 DJ Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:42:38 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2008/04/24/farcs-last-stand/#comment-383391 I guess we should not expect the media to explore the Obama representatives meetings with FARC. I guess we should not expect the media to explore the Obama representatives meetings with FARC.

]]> By: tdaxp » Blog Archive » Democratic Congress against Colombia http://cominganarchy.com/2008/04/24/farcs-last-stand/#comment-383389 tdaxp » Blog Archive » Democratic Congress against Colombia Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:50:36 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2008/04/24/farcs-last-stand/#comment-383389 [...] Colombia is close to winning the war against Marxist rebels. [...] [...] Colombia is close to winning the war against Marxist rebels. [...]

]]> By: Julián Ortega Martínez http://cominganarchy.com/2008/04/24/farcs-last-stand/#comment-383388 Julián Ortega Martínez Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:45:45 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2008/04/24/farcs-last-stand/#comment-383388 Oh, and I should add opposition parties (Liberal Party, which Uribe used to belong to, and leftist Alternative Democratic Pole) aren't quite useful too, and have been discredited by the media strategy I told you before. The latter, a coalition of left-wing and left-of centre parties, have among its members noisy FARC supporters (few but noisy) and its leaders have not been tough on FARC, despite its crimes against humanity and terrorist practices, a useful 'weakness' for the propaganda machine. Yeah, we Colombians have been put to choose among FARC Marxist terrorism with all its allies in the State and AUC paramilitary mafia with all its allies in the State... Oh, and I should add opposition parties (Liberal Party, which Uribe used to belong to, and leftist Alternative Democratic Pole) aren’t quite useful too, and have been discredited by the media strategy I told you before. The latter, a coalition of left-wing and left-of centre parties, have among its members noisy FARC supporters (few but noisy) and its leaders have not been tough on FARC, despite its crimes against humanity and terrorist practices, a useful ‘weakness’ for the propaganda machine.

Yeah, we Colombians have been put to choose among FARC Marxist terrorism with all its allies in the State and AUC paramilitary mafia with all its allies in the State…

]]> By: Julián Ortega Martínez http://cominganarchy.com/2008/04/24/farcs-last-stand/#comment-383387 Julián Ortega Martínez Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:38:52 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2008/04/24/farcs-last-stand/#comment-383387 Most Colombians would love FARC to be finished, including me. Nevertheless, that's (less) far to happen. Of course, during and after the failed peace process (1999-2002, safe haven included) FARC had a huge territorial control, and with Álvaro Uribe some things have indeed improved. But all Colombian administrations, including Álvaro Uribe's, have failed by treating FARC as a conventional army, forgetting it's still a guerrilla group which, once in a while, tends to retreat deep in the jungle. Juan Manuel Santos, for example, is a professional traitor, who managed to create a political party (Party of the U, the U obviously stands for Uribe) in 6 months for the 2006 Congress elections, formed by other traitors who were elected thanks to Uribe's popularity. His cousin is Vicepresident Francisco Santos and both own El Tiempo, Colombia's main and only national newspaper (until May, when long-time rival El Espectador, currently a weekly, will be back as a daily). Plan Colombia has been here since Pastrana's administration (1998-2002), but only last year an important FARC chief has been... well, killed. The raid into Ecuador killed FARC number 2, a kidnapper, terrorist, and sexual molester who was involved in the hostage/kidnapped swap with French, Spanish and Swiss governments. And now they have 3 Toshiba laptops with a lot of information who reportedly incriminates a lot of people, including Venezuelan and Ecuadorian officials, among others. The laptops are a blessing right now, specially when around 60 congresspeople, most of them of the ruling coalition, are being investigated for alleged links to blood-thirsty paramilitary squads. On Tuesday, Uribe's cousin and closest political ally, Mario Uribe Escobar, tried to seek asylum in Costa Rica after an arrest warrant was issued against him. Now, in less than 2 weeks, Interpol official will finish to assess and verify the information on the laptops, so the government can start its counter-offensive. On Monday, in an interview with the local version of FOX News (RCN TV), paramilitary chief Salvatore Mancuso (currently in jail as part of the so-called demobilization process) proudly said that paramilitaries have infiltrated "all institutions of (Colombian) State." El Tiempo and RCN are part of a huge media strategy, so far successful for Uribe, who yesterday "denounced" a probe on his alleged involvement in a massacre in 1997, when he was governor of Antioquia department. The one who said that FARC are an "unorganized armed militia" is Uribe's main adviser, José Obdulio Gaviria, cousin of narco-terrorists Roberto and Pablo Escobar, and brother of two men jailed in the US for drug-trafficking in the 80s, who are now working for a government agency (Gaviria can be considered as Uribe's propagandist and "ideologue"). Maybe there are indeed problems of "communications" between the FARC's Secretariat (BTW, no member of the Secretariat has been captured yet) and the other fronts (as the murder of the 11 lawmakers last year), but unfortunately, FARC will be still around for a while. And of course, as Pablo Escobar's wife said when his husband was killed in 1999, that his death won't put a stop on drug-trafficking, Colombia's problems won't be solved if FARC are over, though FARC is a huge load in our minds. A great blog in English to follow what happens in Colombia is http://cipcol.org/ Most Colombians would love FARC to be finished, including me. Nevertheless, that’s (less) far to happen. Of course, during and after the failed peace process (1999-2002, safe haven included) FARC had a huge territorial control, and with Álvaro Uribe some things have indeed improved. But all Colombian administrations, including Álvaro Uribe’s, have failed by treating FARC as a conventional army, forgetting it’s still a guerrilla group which, once in a while, tends to retreat deep in the jungle.

Juan Manuel Santos, for example, is a professional traitor, who managed to create a political party (Party of the U, the U obviously stands for Uribe) in 6 months for the 2006 Congress elections, formed by other traitors who were elected thanks to Uribe’s popularity. His cousin is Vicepresident Francisco Santos and both own El Tiempo, Colombia’s main and only national newspaper (until May, when long-time rival El Espectador, currently a weekly, will be back as a daily).

Plan Colombia has been here since Pastrana’s administration (1998-2002), but only last year an important FARC chief has been… well, killed. The raid into Ecuador killed FARC number 2, a kidnapper, terrorist, and sexual molester who was involved in the hostage/kidnapped swap with French, Spanish and Swiss governments. And now they have 3 Toshiba laptops with a lot of information who reportedly incriminates a lot of people, including Venezuelan and Ecuadorian officials, among others.

The laptops are a blessing right now, specially when around 60 congresspeople, most of them of the ruling coalition, are being investigated for alleged links to blood-thirsty paramilitary squads. On Tuesday, Uribe’s cousin and closest political ally, Mario Uribe Escobar, tried to seek asylum in Costa Rica after an arrest warrant was issued against him. Now, in less than 2 weeks, Interpol official will finish to assess and verify the information on the laptops, so the government can start its counter-offensive. On Monday, in an interview with the local version of FOX News (RCN TV), paramilitary chief Salvatore Mancuso (currently in jail as part of the so-called demobilization process) proudly said that paramilitaries have infiltrated “all institutions of (Colombian) State.” El Tiempo and RCN are part of a huge media strategy, so far successful for Uribe, who yesterday “denounced” a probe on his alleged involvement in a massacre in 1997, when he was governor of Antioquia department.

The one who said that FARC are an “unorganized armed militia” is Uribe’s main adviser, José Obdulio Gaviria, cousin of narco-terrorists Roberto and Pablo Escobar, and brother of two men jailed in the US for drug-trafficking in the 80s, who are now working for a government agency (Gaviria can be considered as Uribe’s propagandist and “ideologue”). Maybe there are indeed problems of “communications” between the FARC’s Secretariat (BTW, no member of the Secretariat has been captured yet) and the other fronts (as the murder of the 11 lawmakers last year), but unfortunately, FARC will be still around for a while. And of course, as Pablo Escobar’s wife said when his husband was killed in 1999, that his death won’t put a stop on drug-trafficking, Colombia’s problems won’t be solved if FARC are over, though FARC is a huge load in our minds.

A great blog in English to follow what happens in Colombia is http://cipcol.org/

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