tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7272525777827091486.post8862891962531462817..comments2024-03-27T05:10:01.541-07:00Comments on legalienate: Ingrid Betancourt, FARC, and Death Squad Democracyfrank scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06210560169236136762noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7272525777827091486.post-79413912712470569762011-10-15T12:23:37.537-07:002011-10-15T12:23:37.537-07:00Hostage taking and prisoner exchange are hardly th...Hostage taking and prisoner exchange are hardly the invention of the FARC. If the FARC had adopted the tactics of the Colombian state, Betancourt's mutilated body would have been found within a few hours of her capture, dumped in a prominent place for propaganda effect. <br /><br />There may be criticism of FARC that is not at the same time apologetics for the Colombian state, but if so, I have yet to find it. <br /><br />Ex-hostages, of whatever group, are unlikely to say anything favorable about their captors, which is a perfectly understandable bias. But bias it is.<br /><br />Those in a position to evaluate the situation more objectively should attempt to correct the bias, as we would with any other.<br /><br />If Colombia has a "democratic process" in play, how come FARC's "brainwashed children" can't be weaned away from their "reactionary" leaders with free food, housing, medical care, and education?Michael Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17631483577908372312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7272525777827091486.post-36774980313287771112011-09-13T14:30:36.539-07:002011-09-13T14:30:36.539-07:00What sort of perspective do you expect Ms. Betanco...What sort of perspective do you expect Ms. Betancourt to adopt? While trying to help these people achieve peace and social justice, she was abducted and held against her will by these scum for years.<br /><br />I've searched all over the net and have yet to find a legitimate reason why Farc would do this besides pure contempt for democratic process and the sort of democratic Green politics that Betancourt represents. <br /><br />In other words, both in theory and practice Farc seems to be the worst kind of reactionaries. A bunch of thug militarist drug lords who rely on brainwashed children to carry out their crimes.dissenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13353782822479233498noreply@blogger.com