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> Losing A Secret War Oliver NorthAugust 11, 1999
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> WASHINGTON -- On July 30th, the remains of two dead American
> soldiers were brought home from Colombia under the cover of
> darkness to Dover Air Force Base. At 3:00 a.m. in the morning on
> August 3rd, another dead American officer, Captain Jennifer Odom
> was brought home in the dead of night. Unlike the days of Ronald
> Reagan and George Bush, who greeted the return of U.S. military
> personnel who died serving our country, Bill Clinton chose not to
> attend.
>
> It was as if no one at the White House wanted word to spread that
> five more Americans had lost their lives fighting a secret war in
> Colombia; a country which produces more cocaine and heroin than
> any other nation on earth. They apparently don't want us to know
> that we are also on the verge of losing the world's most
> threatened democracy to terrorists funded by the drug trade; and
> that all of this has gotten worse since Bill Clinton was elected.
>
> That's not to say that Bill Clinton deserves all the blame.
> Colombia has been wracked by narco-terrorism for more than three
> decades. But the Clinton administration has done little to
> improve the situation. When Ernesto Samper was elected president
> in 1994 with a campaign financed by Colombian drug traffickers,
> the Clinton State Department rightly decertified Colombia as an
> ally in America's war on drugs. But instead of quietly acting to
> strengthen democratic forces in Colombia, the Administration
> passively watched as drug violence escalated, and nearly half of
> Colombia fell under the control of narco-insurgents who have
> waged a campaign of terror against the government.
>
> In May of 1998, Colombians elected a new president; Andres
> Pastrana, the Conservative Party leader. His campaign focused on
> ending the threat of FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of
> Colombia) violence and taking forceful action against the drug
> trade. But promised support from Washington never materialized,
> leaving Pastrana little choice but to pursue a policy of
> appeasement and negotiation; a strategy advocated by Clinton's
> State Department. The result: increased violence and a 30 percent
> jump in the drug trade.
>
> Today, ten American citizens are missing, dead, or being held
> hostage by narco-terrorists in Colombia. An estimated 450
> Colombian police and soldiers are now being held captive by the
> FARC. Thousands more have been killed in FARC ambushes, bombings
> and terrorist raids. Last month, FARC's boldest, bloodiest
> offensive to date moved battle lines to within 18 miles of
> Bogota, Colombia's capital. More than 118 soldiers and policemen
> were killed within the span of four days. And throughout, Bill
> Clinton's policies have exacerbated a deteriorating situation.
>
> The administration's zeal for protecting human rights in Colombia
> and its unwillingness to support honest and courageous efforts
> like those of Colombian anti-drug chief Rosso Jose Serrano, have
> left the government in Bogota little choice but to bargain with
> the narco-terrorists.
>
> As the growing carnage demonstrates, it is an approach doomed to
> failure. White House Drug Czar Barry McCaffrey was in Bogota when
> the bodies of the most recent American dead were being recovered
> from the wreckage of their spy plane. He returned to talk about
> drug rehab and education efforts, but offered little by way of
> advice on how to keep Colombia from descending into
> narco-anarchy.
>
> Absent reasonable help from Clinton, McCaffrey, or anyone else in
> the White House who claims not to have inhaled, President
> Pastrana may look to one of his Andean neighbors for a way out of
> his quagmire; the "Fujimori Solution." In Peru, where drugs and
> terrorist insurgency had plagued the political climate for
> decades, President Alberto Fujimori declared war on the
> traffickers, and he meant it. It was a head-on confrontation so
> brutal that many nations condemned him for violating of the
> guerillas' human rights! But Fujimori's war against the Sendero
> Luminoso insurgency worked.
>
> Unfortunately, the situation in Colombia has deteriorated to
> levels President Fujimori never faced in Peru. President
> Pastrana's efforts to eradicate narco-insurgency and terrorism
> from Colombia by negotiation have failed. If we really do care
> about human rights and the survival of a South American
> democracy, we had better get engaged in a hurry.
>
> As Robert Charles of the House Criminal Justice and Drug Policy
> Subcommittee explained to me: "Congress has been trying to get
> the Clinton Administration to focus on Colombia for the past half
> decade. The instability we're seeing in Colombia is, to a large
> extent, the result of Administration flip-flops, delays,
> indifference and a general failure of resolve."
>
> Unlike many other places where Bill Clinton has dispatched
> American military forces, America's vital interests are
> threatened by what's happening in Colombia. Unfortunately, the
> solution isn't bombs and cruise missiles; it's a sustained
> commitment of intelligence, law enforcement and military
> resources. This is a war which can be won, but not the way we're
> fighting it today.
>
> COPYRIGHT 1999 CREATORS SYNDICATE, INC.
>
> Oliver North is a former marine colonel, who you may remember
> from the Iran-Contra hearings, and currently hosts 'Equal Time'
> on MSNBC.
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