Status of Chavez’ FARC rescue mission

Heavily armed Colombian policemen stand guard on Sunday

around a Venezuelan Mi-172 helicopter

sitting on the tarmac of the airport of Villavicencio,

department of Meta, Colombia.

Photo by Mauricio Duenas (AFP)

But not to worry, look who’s on the job;

U.S. film director Oliver Stone waves to journalists upon his arrival to Villavicencio’s airport in southern Colombia.

With its fearsome record of kidnapping and violence, Colombia’s largest guerrilla army might seem a nightmare group to encounter. But not to Oliver Stone.

The American filmmaker is jumping at a chance to meet with a group the U.S. classifies as a terrorist organization.

Leaving the glamor of Hollywood far behind, Stone arrived in the steamy Colombian city of Villavicencio on Saturday as part of a mission led by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to retrieve three hostages held for years by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC.

“I have no illusions about the FARC, but it looks like they are a peasant army fighting for a decent living,” Stone said in an exclusive interview with The Associated Press at his hotel bar. “And here, if you fight, you fight to win.”

Yep, just a peasant Army fighting for decent livng – bombing and kidnapping innocent civilians instead of working for a decent living. What a dumbass. I guess that’s why I’ve never watched “Platoon” all the way through.

Seems the only thing Chavez MAY succeed in rescuing is Stone’s career – but I think it’ll take a few more helicopters.

Category: Foreign Policy, Hugo Chavez, Politics, Terror War