Realize How Good We’ve Got It

“Uribe, elected in 2002 on the promise to crush [rebel insurgent group FARC], has boosted troop strength by 44 percent and driven the group into a strategic retreat from Colombia’s highways and major cities. Thanks to the offensive, kidnappings fell by 83 percent to 486 last year and terrorist attacks by 76 percent to 387 in 2007, the Defense Ministry says.”

I’m glad we don’t have that kind of violence where I live.

Colombia Rebels Name New Leader to Succeed Marulanda – Bloomberg