Sunday March 15, 2009
Can We "Reset" Relations With Colombia?
Robert Naiman
Truthout
President Obama wants, quite reasonably, to "reset" relations with Russia. He also said, quite reasonably, he would "go through the federal budget line by line, programs that don't work, we cut."
Our relations with Colombia also need to be reset. "Plan Colombia," which was supposedly going to cut the flow of Colombian cocaine into the US, doesn't work, either to reduce the flow of illegal drugs, or to promote human rights, democracy and the rule of law in Colombia. Since Plan Colombia doesn't work, it should be cut.
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