[navyguy]

The article states that her friends don't understand how she went from Left wing "peace" activist to gun toting Communist rebel. But I suspect everyone here on Free Republic understands EXACTLY how it happened.

[monkeycard]

Suck it up.

[Vince Ferrer]

The article states that her friends don't understand how she went from Left wing "peace" activist to gun toting Communist rebel. But I suspect everyone here on Free Republic understands EXACTLY how it happened.

She didn't change at all. Only her environment and opportunities changed, and she changed that herself.

[Thumper1960]

Looks like Lefty Tanja's gonna be made an example of.

Lie down with dogs, wake with fleas.

Or, a FARC round to the brain stem.

Fighting for "the children" and "freeeeeeeeeeeedom" and "peace".......

If evolution were a fact, one would think that humans would evolve, not devolve or fail to become smarter.

[ElkGroveDan]

Tired of never having anything for myself," wrote the author, a 29-year-old Dutch woman.

Greedy capitalist pig!

[denydenydeny]

To ease the tension, Nijmeijer picked up her guitar and led 60 fellow activists in a sing-along of "One Love" by U2.

Parts of this story read almost like a parody. It would be funny, had it not been likely that this poor stupid woman is being tormented and tortured, if she is not already dead.

[avacado]

Tanja Nijmeijer, see: Emma Goldman (U.S. commie during WWI who got deported to her “utopia” Russia and hated it, then lived out her life in Europe desperately trying to get back into the USA which she lovingly longed for...!)

[Gone_Postal]

... described a young woman deeply disturbed by social inequalities and guilt-ridden over her privileged life.

so in the words of one Dr. Phill....so how's working out for you.....

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Peace activist turned guerilla. Almost never turns out well.

[TheThinker]

And look how much it takes for someone like her to see the truth.

[keat]

I saw an article in some lefty Canadian rag that indicated this person had been ‘outed’ by the Columbian military, inferring that she was entitled to some kind of anonymity that they had violated.

[PA Engineer]

described a young woman deeply disturbed by social inequalities and guilt-ridden over her privileged life.

Affluenza?

[Rb ver. 2.0]

""How will it be when we take power? The wives of the commanders in Ferrari Testa Rossas with breast implants eating caviar?""

The true goal of Communist leaders:

[keat]

Some more exerpts; idealistic youth or self-absorbed slut?, you make the call:

In July, elite troops swept into the camp of a commander of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), known by the alias of Carlos Antonio Lozada.

He was wounded in the firefight and carried off by bodyguards, while women in the unit, who were bathing at the time, had to flee into the jungle in their underwear.

As the troops sifted through the camp, they came across two surprises. The first was Lozada's laptop computer, which held a treasure trove of intelligence, including confidential army plans of counter-guerrilla operations, revealing the extent of FARC infiltration into the military.

The second surprise was two battered notebooks, the journals of a guerrilla, written in Dutch.

Among the entries was: "24 November, 2006. I am tired, tired of the FARC, tired of the people, tired of communal life. Tired of never having anything for myself. And this might be worth it if I knew what we were fighting for."

That woman, known in the FARC as "Eillen", is actually Tanja Nijmeijer, 29 - her identity was confirmed by the Dutch after a photo of her stored on the captured computer was published. Her parents live a middle-class neighbourhood in Denekamp, near the German border.

[snip]

The FARC have long recruited women, who make up about a third of the 12,000-strong army.

[snip]

She went on: "At times I want to stop following orders. Following the orders of a bunch of sexists that try to kill birds with hunting rifles. I feel like a nobody all day; I am not useful and I have to do what every idiot tells me or I get fined."

Control in the ranks of the FARC extends to relationships. If a woman guerrilla girl wants to be with a man the commander has to give his approval.

The Dutch woman's journal revealed: "June 13. I have got a friend. We have negotiated and he is going to speak to the boss to see if we can be together. Without even a kiss or anything. Pure negotiation. The guy is interesting and handsome."

It is clear from the diaries that there is a great deal of promiscuity in the guerrilla ranks and, it appears, AIDS.

"21 July. There are two comrades with AIDS, perhaps more. Here, nobody uses condoms. As far as I know the girl has no idea what it means. She told me the news smiling and her partner does not appear worried. A third girl who slept with the guy is well depressed."

[randog]

"I remember arguing with her that it was unsafe to travel by bus at night, but she was very independent and didn't listen," said Diana Angel, head of the school's English program.

"Independent"? I could think of far better adjectives to describe her with.

[lowbridge]

bump

[lilylangtree]

We got plenty of those here in the good ole USA. Wish some of them would leave and join FARC.

[isom35]

I hope the Guerrillas make her attend a sensitivity class.

[TrueKnightGalahad]

The wives of the commanders in Ferrari Testa Rossas with breast implants eating caviar

I'd love to get me one o' them caviar-eating Ferraris with breast implants...no reason to ever leave the garage!

[tophat9000]

As much as I believe their are despicable murdering Communist thugs...

Finding a diary like this is just to convenient...

as the story states... "Colombia's government couldn't have hoped for better propaganda against the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC."....

It may be manufactured propaganda by Colombia

[Navy Patriot]

Life is hard, Tanja, it’s even harder when you’re stupid.