On previous statements, Obama has clearly supported the "right" of The USA to attack any country where they assume terrorism is hidden and the local government isn't able or isn't willing to stop the threat. Now, Obama has made cristal clear he will support any other attack by Colombian government on any other country.
Sen. Obama offers to work for international isolation against any country they assume bonded with terrorism. The "tiny" problem is that american government decides which organization is or isn't terrorist (let's remember: FARC isn't a terrorist organization according to the UN) and they also decide which government they assume support or doesn't support terrorism.
In this print statement (page 7), linked from the official website www.barackobama.com, shows Obama's point of view on Ecuador-Colombia struggle:
Promote Security and Combat Drugs in Colombia: The U.S. and Colombia have many important shared
interests. For more than 8 years, the U.S. has provided roughly $700 million a year to fight drug trafficking.
We need to continue efforts to support Colombia in a way that also advances our interests and is true to our
values. We must support the creation and reinforcement of robust civilian institutions in Colombia that
contribute to lasting peace and to ending the decades-long reign of terror perpetrated against the Colombian
people by illegal armed groups of every stripe. Given the devastating impact the drug trade has on the U.S. and
Columbia, we must continue to do more to work to reduce the drug trade. Barack Obama supports continuing
the Andean Counterdrug Program to the U.S. strategy to combat narco-trafficking in Colombia. He will
enhance the program and broaden the involvement of Colombians, while reducing its reliance on American
contractors.
The Colombian people have suffered for more than four decades at the hands of a brutal terrorist insurgency.
Last March, Colombian security forces targeted a senior Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC),
leader, and Ecuador and Venezuela moved troops and tanks to their borders with Colombia, bringing hostilities
to a boiling point. But this must not be used as a pretense to ratchet up tensions or to threaten the stability of the
region. In an Obama administration, we will support Colombia’s right to strike terrorists who seek safe-haven
across its borders, to defend itself against FARC and we will address any support for the FARC that comes from
members of neighboring governments because this behavior must be exposed to international condemnation and
regional isolation.
This speech was held last friday on the Cuban American National Foundation Luncheon and is shown on this video:
For the ecuadorian interest, we should hope Obama doesn't become the next "leader of the free world", unless he changes his policy on this isssue.
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Obama se olvidó que Ecuador es uno de los países de sudamérica que mejores resultados ha demostrado en el control del narcotráfico?
O pasará acá lo mismo que en Irak, donde la prepotencia yankie pudo más que las resoluciones de la ONU y atacaron ese país con excusas falsas solo para quedarse con su petroleo?
Fuckbama!
http://www.elcomercio.com/noticiaEC.asp?id_noticia=194174&id_seccion=3
http://www.eltelegrafo.com.ec/opinion/editorial/archive/opinion/editorialdeldiario/2008/05/25/Obama-y-el-gran-garrote.aspx
Disappointed much? Y ahora que se van los gringos de Manta, Ecuador combatirá el narcotráfico mejor que nunca.
http://thedailyvoice.com/voice/2008/07/obamas-favorite-flip-flops-000825.php
Obama's top 10 flip flops
1. SPECIAL INTERESTS. In January, the Obama campaign described union contributions to the campaigns of Clinton and John Edwards as "special interest" money. Obama changed his tune as he began gathering his own union endorsements. He now refers respectfully to unions as the representatives of "working people" and says he is "thrilled" by their support.
2. THE CUBA EMBARGO. In January 2004, Obama said it was time "to end the embargo with Cuba" because it had "utterly failed in the effort to overthrow Castro." Speaking to a Cuban American audience in Miami in August 2007, he said he would not "take off the embargo" as president because it is "an important inducement for change."
3. ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION. In a March 2004 questionnaire, Obama was asked if the government should "crack down on businesses that hire illegal immigrants." He replied "Oppose." In a Jan. 31, 2008, televised debate, he said that "we do have to crack down on those employers that are taking advantage of the situation."
4. DECRIMINALIZATION OF MARAJUANA. While running for the U.S. Senate in January 2004, Obama told Illinois college students that he supported eliminating criminal penalties for marijuana use. In the Oct. 30, 2007, presidential debate, he joined other Democratic candidates in opposing the decriminalization of marijuana.
5. NAFTA. During the primary season, Obama hammered Hillary Clinton for her support of NAFTA as First Lady, calling the free trade agreement "devastating" and "a big mistake." Now, in an interview with Fortune to be featured in the magazine's upcoming issue, the presumptive Democratic nominee said that NAFTA has indeed been positive for the US in some ways, and that his earlier criticism - while trying to convince white blue collar voters in some states to vote for him - was 'overheated and amplified.'
6. THE DEATH PENALTY. Ten years ago, when Obama was running for statewide office in an ultra-liberal Chicago district, he opposed the death penalty. As Obama announced this week, he now supports the ultimate penalty.
7. HANDGUN BAN. For 8 years--before becoming a US Senator--Obama sat on the board of a non-profit which contributed $2.7 million to efforts advocating for a complete ban on handguns. (Before that, Obama filled out a questionnaire in 1996 stating that he supported a ban on the manufacture, sale AND POSSESSION of handguns.) But starting with his primary campaign in the gun popular Midwest, Obama now opposes such legislation, and claims to support gun owner's rights.
8. PROPOSED FISA LAW IMMUNITY FOR TELECOMS. In October, 2007, Obama pledged that if the FISA bill contained an immunity provision for telecoms, he would not only oppose the bill, he would help block it through a filibuster. This week, he voted for the bill, telecom immunity provisions and all.
9. PUBLIC FINANCING FOR OBAMA'S GENERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN. In November, 2007, Obama issued a written pledge to opt into the public campaign finance system for the general presidential election, if the Republican nominee also did so. John McCain immediately accepted the pledge, which acceptance Obama acknowledged in writing in November 2007. After he became the Republican nominee, McCain opted into the public finance system (as he pledged to do), but Obama broke his pledge and opted out.
10. THE WAR IN IRAQ. In 2004--when Obama was running for the United States Senate-- Barack Obama not only said that he was open to a U.S. troop increase in Iraq, but warned against a premature troop withdrawal as a "slap in the face to the troops fighting there" which could make Iraq "an extraordinary hotbed of terrorist activity." Fast forward to Obama's presidential campaign premised in large part on an immediate withdrawal from Iraq.
These 10 examples evince 180 degree changes by the Senator from Chicago on fundamental issues going to the core of Obama as a candidate, and provide important indications of whether the "change" candidate will do what he promises to do in the campaign to court our votes.
Addenda: Ahora que se van los gringos de Manta y Correa dispuso que no se necesita visa, ni pasado judicial para ingresar a Ecuador, y el Artículo 7 de la nueva constitución dice que son ecuatorianas y ecuatorianos por nacimiento las personas nacidas en territorio extranjero limítrofe con el Ecuador, que pertenezcan a un pueblo o nacionalidad reconocida por el Estado ecuatoriano.
as the campaign goes on, obama seems more like politics as usual. what will happen if he gets elected? will he stick to his current points of view or will he come back to his first set of ideas?
¿Tú qué crees? El tipo se fue a hacer campaña a Europa. De pronto es partidario de aquella descabellada idea de que los europeos deberían votar en las elecciones de USA por ser USA el país más influyente y poderoso del mundo.
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