America's Other War: Terrorizing Colombia
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- Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2010 13:38:15 -0300
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Editorial Reviews
Review
"Colombia is the worst humanitarian catastrophe in the hemisphere. The
sources are deeply rooted in Colombia's own history, and in policies
of the hegemonic power that are no less deeply rooted in its own
history and institutions. This study provides a uniquely perceptive
analysis of the tragic interaction, and its far-reaching implications
for understanding the past and the evolving global order."--Noam
Chomsky
"US administrations keep finding new excuses for intervening in Latin
American affairs. Colombia is the most blatant example, as Doug
Stokes' trenchant account of the US's shifting agenda--from Cold War,
to guerrillas, then the drug trade, and now the 'war on terror'--so
forcefully shows. Whether called imperialism or technical assistance,
the consistent result is state terror and human suffering on a vast
scale."--James Petras, Professor of Sociology (retired), Binghamton
University, New York
"The two great turning-points of the last few years have, or so we've
been told, been the end of the Cold War and 9/11. Not so argues Doug
Stokes in this most challenging of volumes. Now, as before, the United
States pursues the same hegemonic project simply using different cover
stories--first communism, then drugs and now terrorism--to justify
intervention in Colombia. For those looking for reassurance this is
not the book for them: for those however seeking to peel back the
layers of officialese and get to the heart of things this is a must
read."--Michael Cox, London School of Economics and Editor of
International Politics
"Doug Stokes shows that there is depressingly little 'new' about the
growing U.S involvement in Colombia's conflict. With very thorough
research and a highly readable narrative, the book goes beyond the
liberal-conservative debate over Plan Colombia, the 'war on drugs' and
the 'war on terror', reminding us of the central role played by the
often brutal pursuit of economic interests."--Adam Isacson, Director
of Programs, Center for International Policy, Washington
Product Description
This controversial book maintains that in Colombia the US has long
supported a pervasive campaign of state violence directed against both
armed insurgents and a wide range of unarmed progressive social
forces. While the context may change from one decade to the next, the
basic policies remain the same: maintain the pro-US Colombian state,
protect US economic interests and preserve strategic access to oil.
Colombia is now the third largest recipient of US military aid in the
world, and the largest by far in Latin America. Using extensive
declassified documents, this book shows that the so-called "war on
drugs", and now the new war on terror in Colombia are actually part of
a long-term Colombian "war of state terror" that predates the end of
the Cold War with US policy contributing directly to the human rights
situation in Colombia today.
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In the 1980s the US state backed state terrorism across Latin America,
including in Guatemala where government forces killed 200,000 people.
During Colombia's 1980s peace process, the US state aided and trained
Colombia's army: by the end of the 1990s, Colombia got the third
largest amount of US military aid, helping its army and its allied
paramilitaries to kill tens of thousands.
The US state's motives were and are material: the open door for US and
European corporations, access to oil. Colombia supplies 3% of US oil
imports. BP pays paramilitaries to protect its pipelines. Attacking
Colombia also puts pressure on Venezuela, which has 7.4% of the
world's oil reserves - and also has a patriotic government that runs
its own oil industry.
Only the US state's pretexts have changed. Until 1991 it was
anti-communism. In the 1990s it was the `war on drugs' - as a US
Special Forces trainer said, "the counter-narcotics thing was an
official cover story." After 9/11 it was the `war on terror'.
The US Drug Enforcement Administration "has no evidence that [the
insurgents] have been involved in the transportation, distribution, or
marketing of illicit drugs in the United States or Europe." The
Council on Hemispheric Affairs and the UN Drug Control Programme agree
that drugs are smuggled into the USA by the US state's allies -
"right-wing paramilitary groups in collaboration with wealthy drug
barons, the armed forces, key financial figures and senior government
bureaucrats."
The US state's allies are also the main terrorists. The US State
Department concedes that the Colombian army and its allies have
committed more than 80% of the country's human rights abuses.
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