Panetta tours Colombian military training center; US can share lessons from Afghanistan

[Judi Lynn]

Panetta tours Colombian military training center; US can share lessons from Afghanistan
By Associated Press, Updated: Tuesday, April 24, 1:39 AM

BOGOTA, Colombia — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta got a glimpse into how America’s military’s experience in Afghanistan is contributing to the U.S. counterinsurgency training in Colombia.

While the two conflicts are no perfect match, U.S. military and defense officials said they can learn from the Colombian’s long and bloody campaign against the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, known as the FARC. Likewise, Colombia can learn from U.S. experiences battling the Taliban’s roadside bomb threat, which has been the No. 1 killer in Afghanistan.

Under a blistering sun, Panetta and his staff flew Monday to the Talemaida Army Base in the mountains outside Bogota, where U.S. trainers help instruct members of the Colombian special forces.

Panetta also announced during his visit to the base that the U.S. would facilitate the sale of 10 helicopters to Bogota — five Army Black Hawks and five commercial aircraft — to help Colombian forces in their fight against the FARC.

More:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/panetta-tours-colombian-military-training-center-us-can-share-lessons-from-afghanistan/2012/04/24/gIQA3mZfdT_story.html

[msongs]

1. they already know how to murder civilians in a war with no real purpose nt

[Peace Patriot]

2. See my discussion of this article in "Latest Breaking News"

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014105565#post4

Given the evidence that Colombia was the Bush Junta testing ground for various ops in Afghanistan (and Iraq), these statements of "U.S. military and defense officials" strike me as strange and ominous--and, at the least, part of a coverup of Bush Junta war crimes in Colombia.

The dumbfucks at the Washington Pest and the Associated Pukes, of course, don't catch on. They just print what they're told.