McCain was there?
Great news!
Wow!
Of course, this will be IGNORED by the MSM on the evening news tonight, and they’ll show us Katie Couric’s legs instead.
*Rolleyes*
McCain is RAMBO! NOT. LOL! Chances are that he reached across the aisle to FARC and promised them a trade deal too.
July surprise? Hugo must be imploding.
OK...I’m lost here. What has McCain to do with this? Nothing about McCain in the announcement. I am to presume because he is in Colombia that we associate that with this?
Please help me here.
Where is the reference to McCain here, I do not see it at the link?
The other thread about this does not mention McCain. It does mention Sarkozy.
Doesn’t this sorta look like the Columbian government could have done this any time they wanted to?
Rather than look good, this is rather troubling to me.
I’m glad for the rescue, and wondering how long they held off for the right time to execute it.
WOOHOOO!!!!!!!!!! WELCOME HOME Keith Stansell, Marc Gonsalves and Thomas Howes Welcome Home. Oh and welcome back to the world Ingrid Betancourt. I am celebrating
This is also pretty much “it” for the FARC.
They killed their main PR/communications guy early this year, Tirofijo(sureshot) the main FARC guy died of natural causes months ago, and now they’ve lost their highest profile hostages.
Not to mention, desertions are way up.
Mono JoJoy is still out there, but these guys are becoming more irrelevant by the minute.
I’m also very interested on Chavez’ response and the semi-FARC sympthasizers in the Colombian government.
If it had been Obama, he would have been in the MSM announcing he was consulted with before the raid even began.
Hope he says “Up yours, Hugo” !
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Thanks for posting this wonderful news.
INGRID BETANCOURT IS FREE! She has been captive for 61/2 long years, and is said to be in failing health. In the last video of Ingrid, she appeared to be near death. The Americans freed have been there for shorter periods, and are reported to be in good health, all things considered.
Sarko has been totally dedicated to freeing Ingrid Betancourt, and it looks like France’s cooperation, along with McCain’s visit did the trick . The FARC is a Communist Terror organiuzation that nees to be put out of business permanently.
A Sarko/McCain alliance starting Jan 2009 would be an important step to that end. Electing Obama.... probably a dinner and chat for the FARC at the WH.
The next POTUS will make an historic difference. Don’t even consider staying home.
INGRID BETANCOURT:
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Ingrid Betancourt (born December 25, 1961) is a Colombian politician, former senator and anti-corruption activist. Betancourt was kidnapped by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) on February 23, 2002 while campaigning for the Colombian presidency as a Green, after she decided to campaign in an area of high guerrilla presence in spite of warnings from the government, police and military not to do so. Her kidnapping has received wide coverage in France due to her French citizenship, and the government of France had participated as a facilitator for the release of Betancourt and all prisoners held by the FARC guerrillas. However, these negotiations were unfruitful. Betancourt was ultimately rescued from captivity, along with fourteen hostages, by Colombian security forces on July 2, 2008
Apparently, McCain didn’t mention the hostages while announcing his trip.
http://www.vetvoice.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=1487
Yes - good. Well done Colombia! Well done President Uribe!!!
As for MxCain - we shall see.
GWB always supported URIBE against the marxist guerilla and their drug traffic and against CHAVEZ their best ally with CASTRO.
McCAIN here appears as the best URIBE’s support beside Obsama....
Excellent shot!
The very latest, sorry but it is in Spanish.
Latest reactions, including Pope Benedict XVI;
http://www.noticias24.com/actualidad/?p=15652
Uribe, “the end of the FARC is at hand”
http://www.noticias24.com/actualidad/?p=15653
How the Colombian military fooled the FARC’s secretariat;
http://www.noticias24.com/actualidad/?p=15653
Summary/Translation
The Colombian army infiltrated the echelon of the FARC to rescue the 15 hostages, among them Ingrid Betancourt, and had the 2 rebels believe they were going to an appointment with “Alfonso Cano” the current maximum leader of the FARC, said the Minister of Defense, Juan Manuel Santos.
“We are very happy, this is a gret blow which should make us and the entire world happy”, said the minister to the press.
Santos described how the operation recovered the hostages securely and without shooting a single bullet ...
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The FARC members were neutralized onced they entered a helicopter (without shooting , I wonder if they just beat the heck out of them).
They explained the helicopter away as belonging to a ficticious organization.
