Plan Colombia is Really About Drugs (Really!)

From the files of "someone should have briefed the general before speaking..." a story in the January 9, 2009 Home Edition of the L.A. Times.

Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos was interviewed by a reporter about the success of Plan Colombia.

I don't need to analyze what was said, since it's the usual "say anything that can be equated to success so give us more money" drivel that is symptomatic of the drug war in general.

I just did a word count. Number of words about Plan Colombia and drugs: 117. Number of words about Plan Colombia and counter-insurgency successes: 533.

I think the numbers speak for themselves. Let us not fool ourselves about what this plan actually is about.

Posted by Malakkar Vohryzek

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