Nope, it’s not the name of the latest installment of a South American chapter of Star Wars… In a week of multiple victories for the Uribe administration, Colombia is now entering a new era of peace. Two FARC big fish dead in one week coupled with the arrest of a Russian arms supplier notorious for selling weapons to the FARC, have culminated into a sweep of blows to the narco-terrorist organization.
Mr. Uribe ordered a raid into Ecuador which created a row with both Ecuador’s Correa and Venezuela’s Chavez almost leading to war. In the end, Colombia’s neighbors backed down after being faced with embarrassing proof of their involvement with the FARC. For some strange reason, Mr. Correa was far angrier that Colombian soldiers did what his army refuses to do, than with the presence of FARC in his nation’s territory. Mr. Uribe was accused of undermining South American unity, when in fact, any blow against the FARC is a strike against the narco-terrorist domination that plagues all of South America.
Ultimately, Colombia’s war is being won, with competence and a little help from the US. Colombia’s military today enjoys the best tactical training in the region. There is a light at the end of the tunnel for this hardy nation that has been under the boot of these terrorists for so long, foreign investment has again started to pour in, and crime is at an all-time low. The fact that leaders like Chavez and Correa harbor these killers in their own territory shows how far these megalomaniacs will go to stay in power.
Faced with ultimate and timely defeat, it took only a matter of days for Chavez and Correa to back down from a possible military escalation. Chavez may have more oil and petro-dollars to throw around, but he lacks Colombia’s well-trained and well-equipped military, and furthermore, he lacks any vision whatsoever.
