News (Media Awareness Project) - US NY: PUB LTE: A Faulty Colombia Plan |
| Title: | US NY: PUB LTE: A Faulty Colombia Plan |
| Published On: | 2000-11-23 |
| Source: | New York Times (NY) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-09-03 01:41:05 |
A FAULTY COLOMBIA PLAN
To the Editor:
Re "Key House Leader Withdraws Support for Colombia Aid Plan" (news
article, Nov. 17): It has long been clear that Plan Colombia, the $7.5
billion strategy drafted jointly by American and Colombian officials
and passed by Congress, will neither stop drugs from reaching
Americans nor stabilize Colombia. But new objections from
Representative Benjamin A. Gilman, formerly one of the plan's
strongest supporters, show how awful the plan truly is.
Mr. Gilman may have problems only with the details, but as history
shows, the whole concept of fighting drugs with force is always a
failure. The outcome of Plan Colombia can only be more violence and
increasing involvement by the United States in the affairs of South
America.
STEPHEN YOUNG
Roselle, Ill., Nov. 18, 2000
To the Editor:
Re "Key House Leader Withdraws Support for Colombia Aid Plan" (news
article, Nov. 17): It has long been clear that Plan Colombia, the $7.5
billion strategy drafted jointly by American and Colombian officials
and passed by Congress, will neither stop drugs from reaching
Americans nor stabilize Colombia. But new objections from
Representative Benjamin A. Gilman, formerly one of the plan's
strongest supporters, show how awful the plan truly is.
Mr. Gilman may have problems only with the details, but as history
shows, the whole concept of fighting drugs with force is always a
failure. The outcome of Plan Colombia can only be more violence and
increasing involvement by the United States in the affairs of South
America.
STEPHEN YOUNG
Roselle, Ill., Nov. 18, 2000
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