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http://www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=83358<br><br>
</a>Published: Wednesday, August 26, 2009<br>
Bylined to: <a href="mailto:oscar.heck@vheadline.com">Oscar Heck</a>
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</font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=5 color="#990000">Colombia's
Uribe is a mother-seller ... Chavez knows what he is talking
about...<br><br>
</font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=2><b>VHeadline commentarist
Oscar Heck writes:</b>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plan_Colombia">Plan Colombia</a>, a
Colombian and US government police/military program which began around
the year 2000 with the supposed goal of reducing and/or eradicating
"illegal" coca cultivation in the northern South American
Andes, most importantly in Colombia <i>(the largest producer and supplier
of cocaine in the world)</i> … is a total farce and failure … that is, if
one is to believe that Plan Colombia was really intended to reduce coca
cultivation … and is a total success … if one is to believe what I
believe … that Plan Colombia is a subversive US military/economic plan to
gain access to the insides of South America and to its inner natural
resources while at the same time spreading US military bases and CIA
operations throughout South American, from the inside out, eventually
leading to complete US political, economic and military control over all
of South America.<br><br>
<ul>
<a href="http://www.globalresearch.ca/audiovideo/USA_intervention_bleu.gif">
Note that most of the Caribbean and Central America are already under US
political/economic and military control, as well as parts of South
America.</a><br><br>
</ul>Furthermore, as Chavez and his people believe, I too believe that
one of Plan Colombia's main purposes is to set up US military operations
for an eventual invasion of Venezuela, that is, if Venezuela does not
bend to US demands, which Venezuela, under Chavez, does not, and will
not.<br><br>
Is it coincidence that Plan Colombia was first being discussed in 1998 at
the time when it became obvious that Chavez was going to win the
<a href="http://wapedia.mobi/en/Venezuelan_presidential_election,_1998">
Venezuelan presidential elections in 1998 with a clear majority</a>? And
that Plan Colombia was implemented in and around 2000, just after
Venezuela's new constitution was voted in by national referendum, opening
the doors for Venezuela to re-write laws, create a National Assembly
<i>(which was on-existent)</i> and get rid of the
USA-and-Venezuelan-elite-controlled senate?<br><br>
VHeadline.com recently published an article entitled,
"<a href="http://vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=83336">Cuban
Ambassador's goodbye ... Chavez prepares showdown with Uribe</a>" in
which Uribe, Colombia's President is said to have said "…that the
best contribution the international community can make to free his
country of narco-trafficking and terrorism is to make sure that both
evils do not take root in any other country…"<br><br>
<ul>
Well … that is precisely what Plan Colombia is supposed to be …"[a]
contribution the international community can make to free his country of
narco-trafficking and terrorism …" … and if successful, would make
sure "… that both evils do not take root in any other
country."<br><br></font>
</ul><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=5 color="#990000"><u>But what
went wrong?</font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=5> <br><br>
</u></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=2><b>Why is it that Plan
Colombia has not, from what I have been able to research, achieved its
goal of reducing or eradicating "narco-trafficking"?<br><br>
</b>That is, apart from a possibly strategic US/Colombia
political/military plan to "allow ‘terrorists' and
‘narco-traffickers'" to "take root" in Venezuela, thus
accusing Venezuela of collaborating with those "evils."
<br><br>
If this were part of the US/Colombia plan, which I am quite sure it is,
at least in part, this is the way I would see it working: It is obvious
that Chavez, an anti-imperialist, will be popularly elected with a
majority as President in Venezuela, so Plan Colombia, under guise of
eradicating the narco trade, is created. Colombia is Venezuela's closest
neighbor and a staunch US ally. <br><br>
The USA finances the plan and in return the USA gains military and
geographical access to the borders between Colombia and Venezuela <i>(and
all other borders)</i>. Through Plan Colombia, the Colombian/USA
offensive against the narcos takes place along the borders, where much of
the coca cultivation and narco activity traditionally takes place.
Instead of taking control of the coca areas, they militarily push the
narco activity toward Venezuela.<br><br>
Once the US and Colombian governments have achieved this, they can now
accuse Chavez and Venezuela of allowing narcos and "terrorists"
to operate within Venezuelan territory.<br><br>
The sardonic part of this type of planned outcome is that most people
outside Venezuela or Colombia will easily accept "reports"
<i>(whether true or false)</i> of narcos and "terrorists"
operating on the Venezuelan side of the border with absolutely no regard
for the local geography … and the US government and its co-collaborating
corporate media know this.<br><br>
I live on the Colombia/Venezuela border, and anyone living there can tell
you that, except for a few border-crossing areas, the vast part of the
border is almost impossible to watch, let alone enter or survey or
control. Most of the Venezuela-Colombia border is a mix of geographical
clashes ranging from gigantic Andean mountains to torrid plains, vast
swamp lands, tropical forests and impenetrable jungle with few access
roads.<br><br>
Anyone with any sense of reality who knows the area will come to the
conclusion that if narcos or supposed terrorists are in fact operating on
the Venezuelan side of the border, it would <b><u>not</u></b> be
surprising and in effect, those operating in such locations would
probably not even know that they are on the Venezuelan side of anything.
<b><u>Bah!<br><br>
</u>Now, back to the subject at hand:</b> Here are some quotes directly
from the <a href="http://www.usdoj.gov/ndic/pubs25/25921/cocaine.htm">US
Department of Justice</a>:<br><br>
</font>
<dl>
<dd>"However, Mexican DTOs will most likely undertake concerted
efforts to reestablish their supply chain, and because cocaine production
in South America appears to be stable or increasing, cocaine availability
could return to normal levels during late 2007 and early
2008."<br><br>
<dd>"Potential South American cocaine production increased in 2006
as Colombian coca growers adapted their growing practices to counter
intensified coca eradication."<br><br>
<dd>"High levels of cocaine-related crime, rates of abuse, and
overdose incidents are a considerable burden to the nation--a condition
not likely to diminish in the near term."<br><br>
<dd>"Uncertainty exists regarding the precision of coca cultivation
estimates. Although the best available estimates indicate an increase in
coca cultivation in South America, the rapid adaptation by coca growers
and their changing cultivation practices challenge analysts' ability to
develop cocaine production estimates with a high degree of certainty. The
land area surveyed for coca cultivation in South America increased each
year from 2004 through 2006, and in each year, coca fields were
discovered in areas not previously surveyed or known for large-scale coca
cultivation. Analysts are uncertain as to how long these newly discovered
coca fields have been active. Moreover, analysts also are uncertain about
the productivity of coca fields that are rapidly replanted after aerial
eradication and about the productivity of vigorously pruned coca
bushes."<br><br>
</dl><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=2>It is important to realize,
from the many internet sources I have checked, that the US government has
financed Plan Colombia to the tune of at least $5 billion since its
inception in or around the year 2000. The US government has apparently
also trained thousands of Colombian military/policing personnel
(<a href="http://www.ciponline.org/facts/0512eras.pdf">est. 37,000</a>)
and has collaborated with the Colombian government in military and
"intelligence" operations.<br><br>
<ul>
I personally know one Canadian "contractor" <i>(spy)</i> who
worked as a sub-contractor to a US contractor for the US government in
Colombia just prior to the start of Plan Colombia. He is one of the few
advanced specialists in secret aerial surveillance. He was almost
assassinated when discovered. <br><br>
</ul>Now, VHeadline.com's article,
<a href="http://vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=83336">Cuban Ambassador's
goodbye ... Chavez prepares showdown with Uribe</a>" also states
"Chavez insisted that the Colombian bourgeoisie hates Venezuela and
that the decision to pass seven military bases to the US military is a
declaration of war against the Venezuelan people ... Executive Vice
President Ramon Carrizalez and Interior & Justice (MIJ) Minister
Tarek El Aissami have been told to intensify security plans in Venezuela
against movements of Colombian paramilitaries."<br><br>
<b>Chavez is right, as far as I can see.</b> Plan Colombia, for what it
was supposedly intended <i>(the cover)</i> is obviously a grand
failure.<br><br>
<b>So where is the money going to?</b> <br><br>
</font>
<dl>
<dd>Why are 37,000 + Colombian military and policing forces being trained
when the cocaine supply is apparently on the increase? <br><br>
<dd>Why has Colombia now agreed to have several US military bases built
in Colombia?<br><br>
</dl><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=5 color="#990000"><b><i>Hey … and
this is a side point perhaps … the USA is a purely capitalist society,
right?<br><br>
</i></b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=5>In a purely
capitalist society, the ultimate goal is to make as much profit as
possible, any way possible, without being caught. <i>(Many examples exist
here. You can research Chiquita Banana, Bopal India, the recent bank
"failures," the maquiladoras, etc.)</i> So, if the USA <i>(and
its allies)</i> are pure capitalists, it stands to utmost reason that the
eradication of the cocaine trade cannot be permitted. The profits are
massive and the demand is inexhaustible, especially in the USA. There is
no real sense in eliminating such a lucrative business.<br><br>
<b>Now, back to Colombia and Venezuela and the USA and its intentions.
Colombia is a very close ally of the USA, and it borders:</b>
<ul>
<li>Brazil's mostly unexplored inner forests and resources
<li>Venezuela, a "non-friendly" country whose oil and gas
reserves are immense
<li>Ecuador, another "renegade" country with vast resources
<li>Peru, a US ally which can provide US military access to
"non-friendly" Bolivia on Peru's southern border
</ul><br>
<b>If the USA can have political, economic and military control of all of
western South America, then the USA can easily invade all of the rest of
South America from the inside out. <br><br>
</b>Plan Colombia is a farce … but a serious threat to South America,
especially to Venezuela. <br><br>
<b><i>Colombia's President Uribe is a mother-seller.<br><br>
</i></b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3 color="#990000">
Chavez knows what he is talking about...<br><br>
</font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=5>Oscar Heck<br>
<a href="mailto:oscar.heck@vheadline.com">oscar.heck@vheadline.com</a><br>
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