US ambassador optimistic about new Colombian military command

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Colombia Reports

US ambassador optimistic about new Colombian military command
Wednesday, 07 September 2011 13:42
Sarah Cast

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The United States Ambassador to Colombia Michael McKinley expressed his confidence Wednesday that the U.S. will enjoy an excellent relationship with the newly appointed Colombian military leaders, Colombian media reported.

“We have always maintained a very close relationship with the leadership, the command of the Armed Forces of Colombia, with the Ministry of Defense.” McKinley said. “I’m sure we will continue to have an excellent relationship with this leadership.”

While the ambassador said that he welcomed the changes to Colombian military command, he expressed hope that the newly appointed leaders continue to follow the path of former Minister of Defense Rodrigo Rivera. According to McKinley, the U.S. and Rivera “had the best relationship and better understanding.”

McKinley’s remarks followed a Tuesday announcement from Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos that Colombia’s entire high-level military command has been replaced.

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[No Elephants]

1. K & R. I wish I knew anymore what our ambassador's approval means to me.

[Judi Lynn]

2. You have to wonder why the US feels fuzzy toward a military which has murdered innocent people,

dressed them in the uniforms of "the enemy" and pretended they had killed themselves some more rebels, in the practise so common in Colombia it has its own name: False Positives.

[madrchsod]

3. "..smiling faces shows no traces of the evil that lurks within....."

can you dig it?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sV69WBvFGBA