Posted on 01/04/2005 5:47:15 AM PST by alekboyd
London 04.01.05 | My astonishment with respect to the arrest of FARC leader Ricardo Granda in Caracas continues to grow, not because Granda was in Caracas as a guest of honour of Hugo Chavez but rather due to the outlandish nerve of the FARC in condemning Chavez via public communiqués. Mind you what sort of moral stance a bunch of assassins have to be claiming anything to anyone? Their rights to claim were forfeited the moment they decided to start killing innocent peasants to achieve whatever goal they set out to reach. What's more, according to UN reports 1 million Colombians have been displaced owing to the guerrilla conflict, although unofficial guestimates place the figure in 3 million, yet these wretched guerrillas 'denounce' the arrest of one its leaders.
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This is the best analysis out there on this difficult, complex topic. Thank goodness it's being covered by VCrisis. A must read for everyone.
Signs of trouble, like two scorpions in a bottle. The thugs of Colombia and the thugs of Caracas have a falling out. Let them kill each other.
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