BOGOTA, Colombia - The United States' top military official said Friday that American-backed anti-drug and counterinsurgent operations in Colombia — the world's largest producer of cocaine — could serve as a template for Afghan efforts to fight drug production.More...
Afghanistan has been plagued by skyrocketing heroin production. But critics say it would be a mistake for the country to duplicate Colombia's model, which they say has been ineffective.Is any further comment necessary? Probably not. I trust the hipness of my readers. But while we are on the subject of Wood, let's recall this gem from 2005:
Pace's comments, at the end of a two-day visit, were made in the presence of William Wood, who on Thursday was nominated by the White House to become its next ambassador in Afghanistan. Wood has served as U.S. ambassador to Bogota since 2003.
A group of US soldiers arrested for alleged cocaine smuggling cannot be allowed to stand trial in Colombia, Washington's envoy to Bogota has said.The soldiers tried to smuggle the dope in a military aircraft.
Colombian senators have been calling for the men, who were based in the country, to be extradited from the US.
But US ambassador William Wood said the soldiers are immune from prosecution.
I'm sure ambassador Wood will keep up the fine work in Afghanistan.
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Let's see now..we can extradite foreigners to the US to stand trial for drug charges, BUT Americans won't/can't be extradited to other countries for the same crime. Our hypocrisy is staggering.
And then there's this:
December 23, 2006
After nearly a decade of experience eradicating illicit-drug crops in Colombia for the State Department, DynCorp has won a new contract that could earn the company more than $2.1 billion over the next 10 years and will include operations in Afghanistan, the world’s biggest producer of opium.
Marc Grossman, a Clinton administration undersecretary of state who helped initiate a $4 billion counter-narcotics effort known as Plan Colombia, said DynCorp’s eradication operation was well worth the taxpayers’ money. He now serves with Gen. Barry McCaffrey on DynCorp’s board of directors. . . .
During the past decade, however, Colombian pilots have not replaced DynCorp on crop-dusting missions, as required in a training contract the company signed with the State Department in 1995. The cost savings could have been significant, according to a 1998 study by the General Accounting Office, now known as the Government Accountability Office.
Citing State Department estimates, the GAO said, “The direct costs of supporting the contractor [DynCorp] in Colombia increased from about $6.6 million in fiscal year 1996 to $36.8 million in fiscal year 1999. According to the State Inspector General, U.S.-provided contractor pilots and mechanics are paid between 2.5 and 4 times more than the Colombian contractors employed by the National Police.”
Your fawning over "boloboffin" suggests that you either are unable or unwilling to recognize a disinformationist of the first order.
"bolobiffin" is indeed one of the most prolific shills ever to grace (sic) the DU 9/11 forum, and your mocking remarks about those that research crimes that often involve conspiracies
shows that you are either ignorant of how most of the world works, or else you too have friends at "The Company".
Which is it?
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