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Originally Posted by NousDefionsDoc
Well, less than 25k have been holding Colombia, population of about 43MM, hostage for 40 years. There were estimates a couple of years ago that the 25k were in control of about 60% of rural Colombia. They used a lot of the same tactics.
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Some would argue that the Colombian government and its forces have failed to eliminate the insurgency there for their own reasons.
Not to take away from the Colombians, but I would propose that the American forces in Iraq and the new Iraqi forces together are significantly more effective fighting forces than the Fuerzas Armadas de Colombia.
TR
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