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leveymg

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9. Do you think the US has a double-standard re: human rights standards applied to the two countries?
Mon Jul 29, 2013, 05:40 PM
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More, from the same article: Judi Lynn Jul 2013 #1
Can someone please explain what Plan Colombia was(is), and why? leveymg Jul 2013 #2
It was initiated by Bill Clinton. I haven't learned anything re: Kissinger, Judi Lynn Jul 2013 #3
Here's an interesting article about US corporate holdings in Colombia. leveymg Jul 2013 #6
the prediction of increased violence has proved false Bacchus4.0 Jul 2013 #8
Just scanned your article, will read it upon return, late this P.M. Judi Lynn Jul 2013 #11
started by Pres. Pastrana of Colombia and Clinton Bacchus4.0 Jul 2013 #4
Does Colombia act as a regional proxy for U.S. policy vis-a-vis Venezuela, others? leveymg Jul 2013 #5
for Venezuela it can. They typically blame Colombia and the US Bacchus4.0 Jul 2013 #7
Do you think the US has a double-standard re: human rights standards applied to the two countries? leveymg Jul 2013 #9
of course, I think the US has one standard for allies and one for those countries that are not Bacchus4.0 Jul 2013 #10
Relatively speaking, which do you think is the worse human-rights abuser: Colombia or Venez? leveymg Jul 2013 #12
do you mean where more human rights abuses occur, or do you mean by which government? Bacchus4.0 Jul 2013 #13
Given what you just said, why do you post (almost) exclusively about abuses in Venez? leveymg Jul 2013 #14
I just like to rub it in their faces. I never try to hide the abuses and problems in Colombia Bacchus4.0 Jul 2013 #15
Thank you for your candor. leveymg Jul 2013 #16
Indeed, the whole point is to be level. joshcryer Jul 2013 #17
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