--------- Forwarded Message --------- DATE: Sat, 12 Aug 2000 00:55:29 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rick Rozoff) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], STOP NATO: !NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.COM [That is until our puppet Nguyen Cao Pastrana and his School of the Americas-trained army and death squads fall down on the job. Then a few Special Forces advisors, a few Marines, a division or two, half a million infantrymen...You get the picture.] Hispanic Vista August 10, 2000 No U.S. troops will be sent to Colombia, says McCaffrey MIAMI -- U.S. anti-drug czar Barry McCaffrey said Wednesday that U.S. military forces would not become directly involved in Colombia's fight against guerrillas and drug cartels. McCaffrey told a news conference in Miami that U.S. aid to Colombia would enable the local armed forces and police to restore security in Colombia. He stressed that "there is no possibility of the U.S. Armed Forces" becoming involved in Colombia's internal conflict. Recently, President Bill Clinton approved a $1.3 billion special aid package after a more than six months of discussions on the matter between the White House and Congress. The aid package includes 60 helicopters, of which 18 are Black Hawks, capable of transporting assault troops and equipped with GAU-19/A Gatling guns, and 42 are Hueys. Though the military equipment is intended to be used for drug eradication, on at least one occassion, the assault helicopters have been used against rebel forces. McCaffrey said that during a meeting in Cartagena with Colombian President Andres Pastrana, they would review the implementation of U.S. aid, efforts to combat drug trafficking and the peace process with the guerrillas, In addition, McCaffrey discussed with Florida officials local efforts made to combat cocaine and heroin smuggling, drug trafficking and money laundering. ========================================================================= 8/12/00 This is not about Vietnam. It's about the next Vietnam. It is important for folks to understand why Columbia is important to the US elites. Besides having its own oil, it sits within striking distance of Venezuela,( which is a major supplier of oil to the US ) and Panama, which now controls the Canal independently of the USA. Since the unfortunate and unexpected demise of the Evil Empire, it has become more difficult for US imperialists to invent excuses for invading other countries. This is why the " drug war " in Columbia sounds so lame. This, and because we now all know that the CIA itself is a major component of the international drug business, and uses the profits from drugs to fund illegal operations which would never get funding from Congress. It is necessary for the US hegemons to establish big military bases with a sizable military contingent in Columbia to effectively take over Venezuela and Panama if they don't do our bidding. Venezuela is on the verge of stripping its Capitalist elites and possibly nationalizing its own resources. This is a very similar scenario to the one which caused the CIA to overthrow Allende in Chile. That story is still being played out all these years later in the attempt to bring to justice the American imposed dictator and mass murderer Augusto Pinochet. Panama may now be independent, but let's see what happens after the US puppet government changes and begins to assert real independence. So now, thirty years after 58,000 Americans and a couple of million Vietnamese died, America's Big Business parties are ready to do it again. Why? Because no matter who is in the White House, he/she/it serves the Big Oil corporations. Don't be fooled again. Don't vote for a Democrat or Republican. If a third party does not make it on the ballot... DON'T VOTE. SAVE LIVES! NO MORE OIL WARS. KEEP OUR CORPORATE RUN MILITARY AT HOME. 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