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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-21-07 09:43 AM Original message |
Venezuela's Chavez seeks to mediate release of Colombia's rebel-held hostages |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-21-07 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
1. I'm not sure Chavez should be doing this. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-21-07 11:10 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. It's also a human rights issue, though. |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-21-07 11:34 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Yes, I understand. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-21-07 08:45 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. This is a risk, for sure. But the US backed Colombian government |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-21-07 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
4. Clearly help is needed. FARC has been asking for Uribe to clear an area they could enter |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-21-07 12:01 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. the FARC could just let the hostages go, how about that gesture |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-21-07 12:13 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Gestures of good will would also be needed as the death squads stop |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-21-07 12:24 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. did they need a safe zone when they took the hostages? |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-21-07 06:11 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. The bottom line is this is Colombia's affair. |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-21-07 08:41 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. I agree with your assessment, foreign actors often have their own motives |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-21-07 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
8. Our prayers have been answered. A "hostage" is "recovered!" |
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