tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3563811638411839784.post3389673510674265082..comments2023-05-15T07:11:30.874+02:00Comments on Leherensuge: Colombia: state terrorMajuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12369840391933337204noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3563811638411839784.post-51055201708037611522010-03-20T21:41:36.756+01:002010-03-20T21:41:36.756+01:00I know that Germany is largely a police state but ...I know that Germany is largely a police state but you can't compare with Colombia. <br /><br />In Colombia, you, Michael, could be dead now for saying what you said here. No legal procedure whatsoever: just a bullet on your head. <br /><br />A local human rights activist who dared to speak to the UK committee recently visiting the country was killed a few days after he spoke. That's real terror of a kind we can't not yet imagine in Europe. <br /><br />Except in Chechnya probably.Majuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369840391933337204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3563811638411839784.post-57540583052589624772010-02-08T17:41:40.645+01:002010-02-08T17:41:40.645+01:00I would not say that the war is "largely fict...I would not say that the war is "largely fictional", though the "war against drugs" is of course: the DEA and Uribe are the proverbial fox put to watch the chicken. <br /><br />What we should ask is what fuels the guerrilla? Obviously it's the very existence of a fascist state and specially of widespread injustice and abuses at all levels what does. Therefore militarization can't solve the conflict, only justice and democracy can.Majuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369840391933337204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3563811638411839784.post-70829361561593211622010-02-08T11:54:33.692+01:002010-02-08T11:54:33.692+01:00The largely fictional war against armed groups is ...The largely fictional war against armed groups is a good cover for a actual war against popular organisations. The same was true of Guatemala and El Salvador, in both the army was trained by Israelis just as it is in Columbia.Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01637818790791725275noreply@blogger.com