At 08:33 AM 5/29/2001 +0000, Dr. Evil wrote:
Escobar's real downfall, of course, was his unrestrained violence.
After he blew up an Avianca flight, killing over 100 people (including
2 Americans) just to assassinate one guy (who wasn't even on the
plane), he made a lot of enemies and lost a lot of support. He also
gave the US a justification for getting involved, because air safety
is an international concern, and two Americans were killed.
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No, his real downfall was assuming he could act ("kill") locally but operate
globally. If he had used a portion of his wealth to purchase WOMD and place
them in various U.S. cities with "deadman triggers" it might have provided
a strategic counterbalance to Delta and U.S. special forces.
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