PRO-CON: MORE AID FOR THE DRUG WAR IN COLUMBIA? NO

Note: Colorado Springs (Colo.) Gazette Editorial

According to the old saying, if at first you don't succeed, try, try
again. That seems to be the advice the Colombian government is
getting these days. Colombia is once again asking for an infusion of
U.S. cash, ostensibly to help in the drug war.

Under Plan Colombia, begun during the Clinton administration, the
U.S. sent $4 billion in aid to that South American nation.

Now, Colombia is back in Washington, asking for another $4 billion
for what's informally being called Plan Colombia II. This time,
Colombian Vice President Francisco Santos is linking the effort to a
trade deal being brokered between the two nations.

Although we like the idea of freer trade between the two nations,
we're wary of another infusion of cash to a drug war that's not working.

We don't believe Americans are getting their money's worth .