It's a big credibility issue for the drug war, more than anything, because there is a big contingent of people in Congress and the (Bush) administration who have taken a hard line against drug trafficking. It's very odd and hurts their credibility if these same elements in Congress and the administration remain silent on this and just let it slide.
Adam Isacson
Now you have a precedent of the United States actually helping these guys come in from the cold. There's more flexibility.
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The next time Bolivia blows up I think they'll be used quite a bit.
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It's a bizarre working at cross- purposes. You have bad relations with this government, and you're selling them the means to put down opposition protests.
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It may make it easier to fund demobilization and re-integration programs elsewhere in the world
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Coca production was not going to be reduced just because fumigation flights spray some fields as long as these farmers don't have any other economic options, except to cut down forests to grow coca somewhere else.
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People with no economic alternatives have not been deterred by fumigation.
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You're talking about.7 billion spent on Plan Colombia, and this is all we have to show for it?
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