"Plan Colombia has achieved its purpose. It is no longer necessary,"

[rabs]

Sez who?

Why, none other than Vice President Francisco Santos of Colombia.


BOGOTA (AFP) — Colombia's vice president said Sunday the United States should end a multi-billion-dollar anti-drug program which has long been the main plank in Washington's fight against drugs in Latin America.

In an interview with local daily El Tiempo, Francisco Santos said Washington's military-focused Plan Colombia should end because the political price for Bogota accepting the aid was too great.

"Plan Colombia has achieved its purpose. It is no longer necessary," Santos said.

"I know the President and Minister of Defense will box my ears for this, but the cost to the dignity of the country is too great," Santos said.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5g169xiPffIDbQ79wjNoQp657hvJg

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Six billion U.S. dollars down the rathole that has been Plan Colombia. A total failure, coca planting in Colombia is higher than ever, cocaine production and shipments have mushroomed.

And buried deep in the massive federal U.S. budget approved last week is a little item: $545 million for Plan Colombia.

[soothsayer]

1. hey, the CIA needs to get its funding from SOMEWHERE for all its illegal activities