What is Piedad Córdoba thinking?

Mononoke28 says on Nov 15, 2007, 10:56:

I really don't like that woman. She was on our flight from Bogotá-Miami when we got back to the States back in October and was a total pompous bitch!

Diana

Diana

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billyb says on Nov 15, 2007, 15:19:

Cassini, how long does it take you between seeing an ass and recognizing it? And does it tax your resources?

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kalder says on Nov 16, 2007, 01:58:

Who's Piedad Córdoba?

"kalder- have you ever had a woman?"--Sam Salmon

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billyb says on Nov 16, 2007, 05:55:

Geez Cassini, your putdowns are just brilliant, do you have a proffesional write them for you?

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cali373 says on Nov 19, 2007, 20:29:

It is almost amusing to hear that the FARC would actually need to fascilitate their drug trade and resupply routes. They have mobility that is just as good as the Military behind the scenes. What is amusing to me is to read that someone actually occupies Florida and Pradera because the Colombian State does not control that area. \

Think about it like this, In Vietnam the South Vietnames Government (a.k.a. the U.S.)controlled the major cities but was far from controlling the country.

Smile if you are a thinker!

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juancegomez says on Nov 20, 2007, 10:54:

cali373: The roots of that kind of comparison to Vietnam are flawed though, considering that there was actually an entirely separate *country* known as North Vietnam in existence at the time, just that it and its Southern counterpart had been previously united.

One country was split into two essentially warring states, each with their own cities and capitals, it wasn't just a matter of "controlling the cities but not controlling the countryside" (and, to be fair, the different South Vietnamese governments were not just "a.k.a. the U.S.", even at their worst). People all too often talk about the Vietnam War without remembering the details. It wasn't just a matter of "guerrillas vs. a government" (in fact, at the end of the actual War, the guerrillas themselves were in pretty bad shape, while the NVA wasn't).

So I can't agree with your example (and that's without talking about all the other applicable differences, historical and otherwise).

And by the way, it's curious to hear you say that the Colombian state does not control Florida and Pradera, when elections have been held in each municipalty and even FARC themselves have previously *complained* about the military and police increasing their presence in and around the area, which would also imply that their mobility and security isn't exactly unimpeded. All that kind of runs against your statement.

This doesn't mean that there aren't plenty of rural areas where the state does not have control, but the Vietnam comparison still doesn't work, at the national level and especially in this particular case.

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Sr Tertius says on Nov 21, 2007, 16:40:

"This whole thing seems like yet another excersize in futility."
Maybe. Got any better ideas?

"When the finger points to the moon, the fool looks at the finger" (Chinese proverb)

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Tinto (Moderator) says on Nov 21, 2007, 16:57:

Piedad looks NASTY in the photos below. She's wearing a T-shirt that's way too small and it accentuates her big gut and her fat arms. She's also rearranged her eyebrows into an unnatural angle and her face looks tight, like Joan Rivers. The beret is a poor fashion choice, too. It looks like the FARC beret with the FARC pin/patch removed. This woman has no self-respect.

After the pictures of her hugging FARC Sonia in a Texas prison and whoever the FARC guys are in these photos, I imagine the bill for her government bodyguards is going to go up.

http://www.abpnoticias.com/boletin_temporal/images/fotogaleria/delgaci...
(click on the individual pictures to enlarge them)

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Sr Tertius says on Nov 21, 2007, 17:14:

Her choice of pictures is quite questionable. The majority of Colombians aren't her fans, but she has enough to stay in the Senate and remain in the leadership of the Liberal party.

"When the finger points to the moon, the fool looks at the finger" (Chinese proverb)

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Tinto (Moderator) says on Nov 21, 2007, 17:18:

Yeah, she really allowed herself to be used. Shake hands as a gesture of good faith and take a photo, but leave it at that. The roses, the FARC beret and standing with arms around each other -- demasiado!

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Sr Tertius says on Nov 21, 2007, 17:25:

agree.

"When the finger points to the moon, the fool looks at the finger" (Chinese proverb)

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kalder says on Nov 22, 2007, 00:45:

I'm not being rhetorical.

I'd genuinely like to know who she is.

"kalder- have you ever had a woman?"--Sam Salmon

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Sr Tertius says on Nov 22, 2007, 08:10:

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piedad_Córdoba

"When the finger points to the moon, the fool looks at the finger" (Chinese proverb)

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kalder says on Nov 22, 2007, 08:14:

Thanks.

"kalder- have you ever had a woman?"--Sam Salmon

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