Uribe seeks to legitimize the terror tactics that the right has long used against union members and leaders of popular organizations.
Officially, U.S. helicopters and surveillance are backing 18,000 Colombian troops as they target “narco-terrorists.” “But the Washington-backed offensive has another motive, oil and military authorities say, one that Colombian and American officials only gingerly discuss: to make potentially oil-rich regions safe for exploration by private companies and the government-run oil company,” the New York Times reported last month.
The US is actively supporting terrorists in Columbia, how does this sit with the so-called "War of Terror"?
2006-09-09 08:35:58 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
hes the lesser of evils in colombia
2006-09-09 08:38:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
The "War on Terror" is the US government's thinly veiled excuse for constructing a classic empire, in the model of Rome or Britain. Two years into the crusade, it's clear this is a mistake: the Bush gang doesn't have the stick-to-it-ness to successfully occupy one country, let alone a dozen. Bush and the gang do, however, have the hustle of good marketers, and they know how to contract out. What Bush has created in the WoT is less a "doctrine" for world domination than an easy-to-assemble toolkit for any mini-empire looking to get rid of the opposition and expand its power.
Ariel Sharon, was the first to adopt Bush's franchise, parroting the White House's pledges to "pull up these wild plants by the root, smash their infrastructure" as he sent bulldozers into the occupied territories to uproot olive trees and tanks to raze civilian homes. It soon included human rights observers who were bearing witness to the attacks, as well as aid workers and journalists.
Another franchise soon opened in Spain with the former prime minister, Jose Maria Aznar, extending his WoT from the Basque guerrilla group Eta to the Basque separatist movement as a whole, the vast majority of which is entirely peaceful.
In Colombia, the government's war against leftist guerrillas has long been used as cover to murder anyone with leftist ties, whether union activists or indigenous farmers. But things have got worse since President Alvaro Uribe took office in August 2002 on a "War on Terror" platform. Last year, 150 union activists were murdered. Like Sharon, Uribe quickly moved to get rid of the witnesses, expelling foreign observers and playing down the importance of human rights. Only after "terrorist networks are dismantled will we see full compliance with human rights," Uribe said in March.
2006-09-09 09:01:33 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Probably for the same reason we support of have support other ones. Of course they usually turn on us in the end. The real question is why don't we ever learn to stop doing it?
Saddam Hussein: We gave him money and support to fight Iran. Then he turned on us.
Osama Bin Laden: We gave him money, weapons, intelligence, and other support to fight the Soviets in Afghanistan. Then he turned on us.
Manuel Noriega: We gave him money and support and he turned on us by making a fortune selling drugs to our kids.
and the list goes on and on...
2006-09-09 08:49:26 · answer #3 · answered by arvis3 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
who tolds you that President Uribe is a terrorist? I recommend you to read... don`t believe all your teachers teach you o.k.? read... and live in Colombia first before writing like this. Cheers
2006-09-10 04:36:20 · answer #4 · answered by * Sol * 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
well bush isnt the smartest president we've had and i guess Uribe isn't the worst person to support
2006-09-09 08:42:36 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
I think 'Cecil J. Tallywacker' hit the nail on the head.
2006-09-09 08:40:59 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Columbia has so many problems it's hard to pick one.
2006-09-09 08:41:35 · answer #7 · answered by MEL T 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋