Marxist revolutionaries...

...hold no charms for me.

After Six Years of Captivity in Colombia, Ingrid Betancourt
Is a Global Celebrity -- and Too Valuable for Rebels to Release:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121278782410853049.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/He_Zizhen

Originally posted by der schwarze Ritter
...hold no charms for me.

After Six Years of Captivity in Colombia, Ingrid Betancourt
Is a Global Celebrity -- and Too Valuable for Rebels to Release:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121278782410853049.html

Originally posted by AcapaYespada
I believe your tittle is misleading, the guerrilla FARC ARE NOT Marxist revolutionaries; they are just drug dealers who produce their drugs in Colombia with no morale or ideals.
How come they haven't done anything to overpower the current government? or at least attempt to; & to keep hostages for that long is inhumane.

Originally posted by AcapaYespada
I believe your tittle is misleading, the guerrilla FARC ARE NOT Marxist revolutionaries; they are just drug dealers who produce their drugs in Colombia with no morale or ideals.
How come they haven't done anything to overpower the current government? or at least attempt to; & to keep hostages for that long is inhumane.

Originally posted by smw6869
What? They even call themselves Marxist revolutionaries. They finance their revolution thru the sale of drugs. They have control of half of Columbia! If it weren't for US aid they would have overthrown the Gov't by now.

GRANNY.

Originally posted by smw6869
What? They even call themselves Marxist revolutionaries. They finance their revolution thru the sale of drugs. They have control of half of Columbia! If it weren't for US aid they would have overthrown the Gov't by now.

GRANNY.

Originally posted by AcapaYespada
what aid?
By the way it's Colombia

Originally posted by smw6869
Military Aid.

GRANNY.

Originally posted by shavixmir
You mean US State-sponsored terrorism in the fine tradition of "your enemy's enemies are your friends"?

Yah...
Look how well Al Qaeda turned out in that one...

EDIT:
And Saddam Hussein...
And Pol Pot...
And that general in Pakistan... the dictator...
And Noriega...
And Suharto...
And Pinochet...

Yeah... pretty much sums it all up, really.

Originally posted by Redmike
There is a simple test to establish if they are Marxists or not.

Do the drink proper tea or herbal tea?

Originally posted by AcapaYespada
what aid?
By the way it's Colombia

Originally posted by Redmike
Just because a group call themselves Marxists, doesn't make them so.

Originally posted by der schwarze Ritter
So you're saying FARC gives Marxists everywhere a bad name?

Originally posted by Redmike
No, I'm not saying that at all.

I'm addressing the point someone made that the FARC must be Marxists because they call themselves Marxists.