can we talk about aerial defoliation?

[pulque]

I realize that only a portion of the money the U.S. spends on "Plan Colombia" is for this, but it is coming up again because John Kerry has Rand Beers as his campaign national security advisor. Rand Beers is the CT guy who, under Bush Sr. and Clinton, came up with aerial defoliation. It is reported that Beers retracted an official statement he made under oath, regarding a connection between FARC and AQ: article


thoughts on the aerial defoliation? What are the consequences? For the U.S.? For the campesinos? For the narcoterrorists?