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	U.S. suspends some military aid to Colombia after massacre

darkduskx

11-6-2008 6:44 PM

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darkduskx says:

US military aid is used to hurt/kill innocents, but let the right wing warmongers claim people outside the US are angry at us because:

"They hate freedom"
"They envy America"

Yeah.....right

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11-6-2008 10:05 PM

darkeforce

Who's the #1 state sponsor of terrorism?

If you guessed Iran, Russia or China, you're three times wrong.

It's the good ol' US of A.

11-7-2008 6:42 PM

tuff-franks

I AGREE WITH YOU DARKEFORCE !!!

11-26-2008 2:15 PM

citizenbfk

When Bush pushes for 'Free Trade,' agreement with Columbia he ignores things like that or the treatment of unions.

He want's 'Free Trade,' to keep USA drug war activities in Columbia going; to pay off a dictator and keep a country 'stable,' and officially on the USA side.

Once again, a nice sounding idea (Free Trade) covering up some bad realities.

12-11-2008 9:22 PM

chedare

ditto to above comments ,a friend just returned from there working on legal system saying that when militias come in to surrender weapons get reward, but no work they just regroup later again as place is awash with arms and coke money.Situation is complex as law and order is not controlled by Bogata.

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