Well said. Not only did the Colombians fight side by side with us in Korea, they ARE fighting with us side by side in Iraq and Afghanistan, through their doper-crushing specialists and soldiers. El Salvador too, and El Salvador has lost men to Islamofascist terrorists. We owe it to both to be their friends because they were with us when we needed them.
Ran an independent surgery clinic for a number of years in South America.
Where we were located the populace had a Hillary Clinton “It Takes A Village” type of Social Security system for medical somewhat like the United States.
The wealthy always flew to Florida, London or Paris for their medical care.
Problem was those so poor to have paid nothing into the system was left with out ability to seek the free medical help.
The hospitals for the poor were closed often because the politicians who ran the institutions stole or misappropriated funds, drugs or medical equipment.
For many years in one large hospital the name brand drugs bought for the hospital were sold to local discount pharmacies and replaced with sugar pill type counterfeits.
Imagine going to the emergency room and having to bring your own sheet and pillow for the ER bed if one was available.
If medicine was prescribed for pain or other causes a loved one would have to go and purchase the items at a local pharmacy.
Often times the drugs they purchased was originally for the hospital pharmacy with barren shelves.
After waiting for hours to get into the Emergency Room poor patients had to wait even long periods to see any hospital personnel much less an overworked doctor.
Hospital personnel upset because bus and taxi drivers made as much or more than staff doctors and nurses who worked 70 hour weeks for wages that averaged around $480 a month.
Every time I hear the Socialist of America talk about free medical care I think back to those days in South America.
I realize what the Democrats propose to be run by the government will not work just as it dosen’t in Canada or most South American countries.