Who wouldn’t want to be “for peace”? Anyone who has read the Colombian government capitulation agreement with the FARC, that’s who.
Mary O’Grady explains,
Santos Sets a Trap for Colombians. Even if voters approve the tainted bargain with narco-terrorists, it won’t bring peace. (emphasis added)
On Oct. 2, Colombia will hold a plebiscite to ask the nation to approve or reject an Obama-backed agreement between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), designated by the State Department as a foreign terrorist organization. The deal gives the FARC amnesty for its war crimes, which include the recruitment of thousands of child soldiers, massacres of villages, political executions, bombings and kidnappings.
Under the agreement, negotiated and signed in Havana, the FARC will also get unelected seats in Congress and special welfare benefits. It will be given dozens of radio stations—so that it can disseminate its propaganda, a privilege no other political party has.
The agreement does not require the FARC to pay any financial reparations to its victims, even though the narco-terrorist kingpins have wealth estimated in the billions. Reparations will be paid by law-abiding citizens via sharp tax increases. The FARC says it will not disarm until it’s good and ready to. Meanwhile it will be given weapons and training to enforce the agreement.
In other words, a peace clusterf***.
This is like letting in the Chavistas. They will only cooperate with democracy if they can use it to seize power and they will fan up class hatred like a wildfire hoping for total power. Watch out for the FARC colectivos! Once a commie, always a commie!
The FARC have big plans for Colombia, Red, very much as you predict.
What kind of “peace process” is conducted by, and in, a country known to support a party involved in that “peace process?” I mean, what kind of person would allow a FARC sponsor like Cuba to be a “neutral moderator?”
With the blessing of the US and the Vatican, Rodrigo!