Terrorists, Marxists, Leftists and the Democrats
By Lance Fairchok
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Venezuelan Dictator Hugo Chavez is rattling his sword, deploying troops,
and hoping to distract his increasingly agitated populace from the
domestic policies that are dragging Venezuela deeper into the poverty
and dysfunction of socialism. It is inevitable that as the economy
declines, shortages spread, food become scarce, and crime skyrockets, a
foreign enemy will be found to blame for the woes Chavez' absurd
policies cause.
Chavez is angry because some Marxist terrorists he was fond of died in a
Colombian raid. You see, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia
(FARC) provided money to the tune of 150,000 dollars to Chavez while he
was imprisoned after a failed coup attempt in the early 90's. Their
relation****p is a cozy one, and now that he has power, he has become
their benefactor, earning the affectionate code name of "angel," and
funneling millions of oil dollars into their revolutionary coffers.
Colombia, a nation long suffering the depredations of this vicious
Marxist narco-terrorist gang, struck out successfully at some of its
leaders, harbored in neighboring Ecuador. They were able to kill Raul
Reyes, the number two military commander of FARC, a man with the blood
of an untold number of innocents on his hands.
Reyes was not a nice man. His resume includes the kidnapping hundreds
of civilians, including tourists, participation in village massacres and
terror bombings. Many of his victims were executed after they were
kidnapped. Some were killed to prevent their rescue by security forces.
Some where tortured. Reyes was sentenced in absentia for a long list
of brutal crimes: the deaths of 13 policemen and 18 soldiers, the murder
of a judge, a physician, three judicial officials, the ex-minister of
Culture Consuelo Araújo, congressman Diego Turbay and his mother,
catholic monsignor Isaías Duarte, Governor of Antioquia Guillermo
Gaviria, former minister Gilberto Echeverri, and a dozen members of the
Valle del Cauca Assembly. He was behind a nightclub bombing that killed
36 people in Bogotá. The list of victims that lay uncounted and
unrequited in jungle graves will certainly be just as long. By every
definition of justice and every concept of decency, Reyes should have
been killed long ago.
The FARC is not a liberation movement, nor are they "Freedom Fighters."
They are nothing more than smugglers, bandits and thieves whose modus
operandi uses bombings, assassination, cocaine trafficking, kidnapping,
extortion, hijacking and terror. FARC has its ideological roots in the
Marxist revolutions that gave us the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, the
Sendero Luminoso in Peru and the Sandinistas in Nicaragua. To understand
the meaning of the word evil, merely glance at the history of these
groups.
With the help of Chavez, FARC is attempting to legitimize and mainstream
itself, much as the genocidal PLO transformed, with the aid of useful
idiots like Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, from criminal terrorists to
pseudo-statesmen. Democrats in Congress, suc***bing to lobbying from
FARC sympathizers and Marxist apologists, are stalling military aid and
a free trade agreement. Undermining a close ally, in a despicable
attempt to undermine President Bush and any success he might claim in
South America. The Colombian people be damned, and the consequences,
well, when are they ever a concern? The long view is an anathema to the
left.
Chavez, Evo Morales of Bolivia and Ecuador's Rafael Correa demand the UN
sanction Colombia for attacking its mortal enemy, calling it "fascist"
and "criminal." Chavez described the raid as "cowardly murder, all of it
coldly calculated." United by their populist Marxist ideology, and
having made the pilgrimage to Havana to receive the blessing of Castro,
all three leaders provide material sup****t to the terrorists of FARC,
actively undermining the safety and security of the democratic nation of
Colombia who is a major trading partner of all three.
The Venezuelan government has funneled sup****t to radical groups in
Mexico, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Ecuador, Bolivia and Argentina. A sizable
weapons ****pment from Venezuela was recently uncovered in Veracruz,
likely en route to leftist Mexican guerrillas. South America's axis of
evil seeks out the like minded, reaching out to Syria and Iran, and
letting Hezbollah operate freely in their countries. Flush with renewed
ideological vigor, Venezuelan oil revenues and the drug activity Chavez
coordinates the new Socialist hegemony will likely plunge South America
into decades of violence and upheaval.
Chavez has purchased 100,000 Kalashnikov assault rifles from Russia, the
modernized AK-103 as well as the license to produce the rifle and its
ammunition in Venezuela. It will only be a matter of months before
terrorists, rebels and drug gangs all over the region have the new fully
automatic Kalashnikovs or Venezuelan surplus weapons. Soon after will
come explosives and rocket propelled grenades.
A member of the cult of Che Guevara, Hugo Chávez' revolutionary ideology
will inevitably spread from the barrel of a gun, and before he topples,
the destruction and misery he causes will condemn much of South America
to economic and social ruin. The American left, blind as always to the
horrors visited upon the world by this misbegotten ideology, will enable
and sup****t the death of not one, but several democracies.
Found on a laptop in the terrorist camp and released by Colombian
security services, a series of letters between FARC hierarchies confirms
the substantial sup****t of FARC by Hugo Chavez. A passage from one
letter is particularly troubling:
"The gringos will ask for an appointment with the minister to solicit
him to communicate to us his interest in discussing these topics. They
say that the new president of their country will be Obama and that they
are interested in your compatriots. Obama will not sup****t "Plan
Colombia" nor will he sign the TLC (Colombian Free Trade agreement).
Here we responded that we are interested in relations with all
governments in equality of conditions and that in the case of the US it
is required a public pronouncement expressing their interest in talking
with the FARC given their eternal war against us." Raul Reyes, FARC
Terrorist Commander
Some very foolish and self-im****tant persons feel they can represent
themselves as emissaries of a new US administration to the despots and
terrorist groups in South America. They may or may not have been
speaking with Obama's blessing. That they talked to FARC at all, and it
is not loudly condemned, is chilling. The US has had several
congressional delegations visit the region recently. Who was on them?
The arrogance and stupidity of so undermining our elected government
boggles the mind. Whether it is visiting terror states with American
blood on their hands or treating with murderers who currently hold
American hostages, it is the sheerest folly and must be denounced and
brought into the light of day.
Colombia's president, Álvaro Uribe, is a determined and capable leader.
He has done much to rebuild his war torn nation. His approval rating is
an unheard of 80%. He has taken the countryside from guerillas and drug
traffickers; the murder rate is less than half that of a decade ago,
kidnapping is becoming rare and brutal thugs, from both sides of the
political spectrum are brought to justice. He has demobilized 30,000
militia members. The economy is booming. FARC is loosing ground,
attacked by police, citizens outraged by their cruelty and a reformed
and capable military. Their safe havens are no longer safe. Mr. Uribe is
a defender of freedom and democracy that deserves our profound respect,
our sup****t and most of all, our loyalty.
Facing imminent defeat, the Marxist killers are using other tactics, the
tactics of deceit and disinformation. They are tapping into the gullible
left in the United States to influence policy. Using their own words to
charm the vain and muddled leader****p of the Democrats and appealing to
their various ideologies, FARC has succeeded in straining US-Colombian
relations and undermining US sup****t for the Colombian Free Trade
agreement and military aid. Singing in harmony with the activists of the
lefts largest causes such as unions, the MoveOn.Org/Clinton/Soros
alliance and everyone else from enviro-fanatics, the NAACP, and Code
Pink, they have played Pelosi's party for the fools that they are.
Colombia will survive. They have been born of the fiery crucible of
South American nationhood, uniting as few nations do behind a capable
and enlightened leader, a leader that does not promise utopia, but
actual prosperity and security. They get it.
If we let the Democrats undermine our alliance with Colombia to appease
the far left, no international agreement is safe. Foreign policy becomes
just another political tool and our alliances merely matters of
political convenience. If we abandon Colombia, as we abandoned Vietnam,
we simply will not be trusted. But then, if you believe Hugo Chavez is
good for Venezuela you should not be trusted with running a boy scout
troop. If you think talking to FARC will get hostages released and
atrocities stopped, you are a fool.
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