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Colombia proves again that Venezuela is harboring FARC terrorists
Washington Post ^ | July 30, 2010 | Editorial

Posted on 07/30/2010 9:28:15 AM PDT by La Lydia

Colombia's presentation to the OAS about Venezuela's hosting of the FARC terrorist movement prompted speculation about the motives of Álvaro Uribe, Colombia's outgoing president. Why did he want to end his eight years in office in another confrontation with Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chávez? Could he be trying to sabotage his successor, Juan Manuel Santos...?

...a simple explanation: Mr. Uribe, who has devoted his presidency to rescuing Colombia from armed gangs of both the left and the right, is deeply frustrated by Venezuela's continuing support for FARC -- and by the failure of the international community to hold Chávez accountable...Before leaving office, Mr. Uribe felt compelled to make one more effort to call attention to a problem that, were it occurring in the Middle East, would surely be before the U.N. Security Council.

That Venezuela is backing a terrorist movement against a neighboring democratic government has been beyond dispute since at least 2008...Hoyos supplied precise map coordinates for several of the 75 FARC camps that he said had been established...on Venezuelan territory that harbor some 1,500 militants.

Chávez responded with predictable bluster...Another crisis with Colombia probably benefits the caudillo, who is desperate to distract attention from his country's imploding economy and soaring violence.

...the question remains: Will other democracies support...Colombia? Obama administration is characteristically lukewarm. The State Department, which has designated the FARC a terrorist organization, said it found Colombia's allegations "persuasive" but limited itself to supporting "a transparent international process" to investigate them. Perhaps more consequentially, one of the leading candidates in Brazil's presidential election campaign, José Serra, said "it is undeniable that Chávez is sheltering these FARC" militants. Under outgoing president Lula da Silva, Brazil has been one of Chávez's chief apologists and enablers. Were that support to be withdrawn, Chávez might have to rethink his terrorist alliance.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: chavez; uribe
Washington Post pretty much gets it right!

Obama administration is characteristically lukewarm.. "Lukewarm" must be the new code codeword for "spineless and clueless."

1 posted on 07/30/2010 9:28:18 AM PDT by La Lydia
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To: La Lydia
The Obama Administration has a hard time denouncing those who fundamentally have the same values.
2 posted on 07/30/2010 9:31:07 AM PDT by Truth29
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To: La Lydia

What’d anyone expect from a coterie of leftists ?


3 posted on 07/30/2010 9:32:42 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Impeachment !)
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To: La Lydia
Why did he want to end his eight years in office in another confrontation with Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chávez? Could he be trying to sabotage his successor, Juan Manuel Santos...?

Could it be he was just telling the truth about a problem his successor would need to know about and deal with? Journ-0-listers are such tools.

4 posted on 07/30/2010 9:40:02 AM PDT by downtownconservative
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To: La Lydia

Big news here a few days ago. Average Colombian think obama will side with them in case of an attack. But more are realizing whose side obama is really on.


5 posted on 07/30/2010 10:14:31 AM PDT by rrrod (at home in Medellin Colombia)
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To: La Lydia

Notice how the current marxist administration in Washington is doing nothing to help the good guys.


6 posted on 07/30/2010 10:41:39 AM PDT by Leftism is Mentally Deranged (my favorite pastime: annoying liberals who have no sense of humor)
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To: Leftism is Mentally Deranged

The current Marxist administration doesn’t even know who the good guys are. The current Marxist administration only wishes it could do the kinds of things Hugito is going.


7 posted on 07/30/2010 12:32:12 PM PDT by La Lydia
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