Friday, April 11, 2003
Oil Again?
Why does it have to be about oil?
The country's border's are a nervous, dangerous place these days. There are armed irregulars and special forces integrated into the country. Oil pipelines need to be protected.
No, I am not talking about Iraq, I am talking about Columbia.
U.S. Soldiers have been embedded with the local Columbian Army. Their mission is to help secure a major oil pipeline.
Why does it have to be about oil!!! Are we hedging our bets in Iraq?
Here are the players in this boxing match.
In this corner weighing at 17,000 armed insurgents, a leftist organization, the Armed Forces of Columbia, FARC! (the crowd roars)
In this other corner, we have the second largest group of guerrillas, the Army of National Liberation, the ELN. (the crowd roars)
In this other, other, corner, we have a fast growing upcoming right wing paramilitary group, the United Self-Defense Force of Columbia, the AUC (the crowd roars)
In this other, other, other, corner we have the Regular Columbian Army. (the crowd booos)
Behind the Army, we have the United States Special Forces, and their commander General Remo Butler, and behind him we have 400 mercenaries. (the crowd booos)
The fight has been brutal folks. We are in the 40th year of this fight. The U.S. Army has been here for a while.
The rules include random brutal murder, kidnappings, graft, drug trafficking, mis-directed government oil royalties, millions of dollars from drug proceeds, and kick back money from oil contractors. The Bush administration has recently named this operation, "Plan Columbia". The U.S. waved 2.5 billion dollars in the Columbian Government's face to get into this fight.
The fighting arena for this conflict is basically all over the country, but a lot of the action is near the Limon Oil pipeline. The nearby city Saravena has been so devastated by open warfare so much that is being called Sarjevo.
The prize is the Limon pipeline. It carries 20% of Columbia's oil and it has been attacked hundred's of times stopping the flow of oil.
President Bush again has decided to come to the rescue of yet another terrified oil pipeline from the grips of terrorists.
WHY DOES IT HAVE TO BE ANOTHER FIGHT ABOUT OIL???
Sources Cited:
Jose' De Cordoba
The country's border's are a nervous, dangerous place these days. There are armed irregulars and special forces integrated into the country. Oil pipelines need to be protected.
No, I am not talking about Iraq, I am talking about Columbia.
U.S. Soldiers have been embedded with the local Columbian Army. Their mission is to help secure a major oil pipeline.
Why does it have to be about oil!!! Are we hedging our bets in Iraq?
Here are the players in this boxing match.
In this corner weighing at 17,000 armed insurgents, a leftist organization, the Armed Forces of Columbia, FARC! (the crowd roars)
In this other corner, we have the second largest group of guerrillas, the Army of National Liberation, the ELN. (the crowd roars)
In this other, other, corner, we have a fast growing upcoming right wing paramilitary group, the United Self-Defense Force of Columbia, the AUC (the crowd roars)
In this other, other, other, corner we have the Regular Columbian Army. (the crowd booos)
Behind the Army, we have the United States Special Forces, and their commander General Remo Butler, and behind him we have 400 mercenaries. (the crowd booos)
The fight has been brutal folks. We are in the 40th year of this fight. The U.S. Army has been here for a while.
The rules include random brutal murder, kidnappings, graft, drug trafficking, mis-directed government oil royalties, millions of dollars from drug proceeds, and kick back money from oil contractors. The Bush administration has recently named this operation, "Plan Columbia". The U.S. waved 2.5 billion dollars in the Columbian Government's face to get into this fight.
The fighting arena for this conflict is basically all over the country, but a lot of the action is near the Limon Oil pipeline. The nearby city Saravena has been so devastated by open warfare so much that is being called Sarjevo.
The prize is the Limon pipeline. It carries 20% of Columbia's oil and it has been attacked hundred's of times stopping the flow of oil.
President Bush again has decided to come to the rescue of yet another terrified oil pipeline from the grips of terrorists.
WHY DOES IT HAVE TO BE ANOTHER FIGHT ABOUT OIL???
Sources Cited:
Jose' De Cordoba
# posted by Thomas @ 9:09 PM 
