[lbo-talk] C & O gloss over Colombian attack; Hillary plugs escalation; Correa says hostage talks sabotaged

[C. G. Estabrook]

I think you may over-emphasize the difference between C & O, both in these 
statements and in their probable actions as president vis-a-vis Latin America. 
And you perhaps under-emphasize the nature and extent of US support for 
Colombia, from the days of Kennedy-administration death squads thru the 
fraudulent Plan Colombia to the present.  As a US client, Colombia compiled one 
of the worst human rights records in LA while it trailed only Israel, Egypt and 
Turkey in the amount of foreign aid received from Washington.

It does seem to be the case that, altho' the FARC did "grow out of peasants' 
concerns and demands and had a kind of political program that had some meaning 
-- that all has gone; now, it's just another terrorist force preying on the 
peasants." But it's to accept the US propaganda account to say as C & O do that 
the problem in the region is terrorism rather than US policy. --CGE

Robert Naiman wrote:
> Both C & O pass by the opportunity to comment on Colombia's violation
> of Ecuador's sovereignty, but unsurprisingly, HRC is far worse,
> calling for an escalation of tensions with Venezuela. Meanwhile,
> Correa says talks were in an advanced stage on releasing 12 hostages,
> including Betancourt and the 3 Americans. Now sabotaged.
> 
> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-naiman/obama-glosses-colombian-a_b_89836.html
> 
> http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/3/4/14024/32488/190/468665
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