Email from Col. JC Hiett to the Colombian Labor Monitor CSN Home | This Month's News

I just wish you knew what you were talking about! The points you make about entering into "counter insurgency" are completely off the mark and have no basis in truth. The other problem I have, is while your motives are well intentioned, can you even start to imagine what happens if Colombia falls to the guerrillas? Last time I looked there are five countries that are neighbors of Colombia - and they are all already having problems with the spill over effects of the guerrilla problem in Colombia. Oh, by the way, 40% of the money the US makes in international trade is with Latin America and we get more oil from Venezuela (Colombia border country) than we do from the Middle East now. Better think about US economic interests in the future before you propose we let the guerrillas take over!