The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia are FARCed
Yeah what's it been, 10 months? Screw it and let's push on.
As you may have heard, an incredible hostage rescue took place last week in Colombia, where long-dormant National Army moles planted within FARC managed to rescure the 11 highest-profile hostages (including Ingrid Betancourt) in a daring operation without firing a single shot. This is the greatest victory the army has ever had over the rebels, and it has been starting talk of extending the presidential term limit for the incredibly popular Alvaro Uribe.
For FARC, things are looking downright sh*tty. It's been a bad year for them, all around--the founder of the movement, Manuel "Tirofijo" ("Sureshot") Marulanda, did of a heart attack earlier this year, and several top leaders have been killed in combat. Already, Raul Castro and Hugo Chavez have asked FARC to release its remaining hostages. The days of Chavez risking war with Colombia over FARC are now behind us, as that rat has recognized a sinking ship and gotten the hell off of it.
Without their foreign hostages, international support, or command structure, FARC is a dying animal. Expect some desperate violence as it goes through its death throes, but in 2 years, if there is still an organization called FARC, it will be dedicated to no other purpose than the manufacture of cocaine.
As you may have heard, an incredible hostage rescue took place last week in Colombia, where long-dormant National Army moles planted within FARC managed to rescure the 11 highest-profile hostages (including Ingrid Betancourt) in a daring operation without firing a single shot. This is the greatest victory the army has ever had over the rebels, and it has been starting talk of extending the presidential term limit for the incredibly popular Alvaro Uribe.
For FARC, things are looking downright sh*tty. It's been a bad year for them, all around--the founder of the movement, Manuel "Tirofijo" ("Sureshot") Marulanda, did of a heart attack earlier this year, and several top leaders have been killed in combat. Already, Raul Castro and Hugo Chavez have asked FARC to release its remaining hostages. The days of Chavez risking war with Colombia over FARC are now behind us, as that rat has recognized a sinking ship and gotten the hell off of it.
Without their foreign hostages, international support, or command structure, FARC is a dying animal. Expect some desperate violence as it goes through its death throes, but in 2 years, if there is still an organization called FARC, it will be dedicated to no other purpose than the manufacture of cocaine.
posted by Face of Spades at 12:12 PM
2 Comments:
I can only hope that my Bastille Day mental-wake-up call inspired you to start blogging again.
(Certainly NOT your precious i-suckit.)
I love the name of the organization FARC. It's fun to say. If any drug deals go down, I want to hear the president angrily screaming, "they farked us again, godammit!"
Narc on FARC.
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