July 3, 2008
SADLY, THEY COULDN'T HAVE TRUSTED THE OTHER NOMINEE:
Colombians Briefed McCain Before Rescue (Juliet Eilperin, 7/03/08, Washington Post)
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) spoke repeatedly Tuesday and early Wednesday about how he would work as president to free three American hostages held by leftist guerrillas in Colombia, but he declined to reveal one key fact: Colombian President Álvaro Uribe and his aides had briefed him Tuesday evening about the plan to rescue the Americans, along with 12 other captives."I congratulate President Uribe, the military, the nation of Colombia. This is great news," McCain told reporters Wednesday afternoon, adding that Colombian officials would continue working to free "all the other innocent people who are being held hostage" by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC.
The presumptive GOP nominee revealed his knowledge of the Colombian military's mission only after the hostages -- including Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt and three Americans, Thomas Howes, Marc Gonsalves and Keith Stansell -- were freed Wednesday.
Given how anti-Colombian the Democrats are, it's all too easy to see one of them warning FARC. Posted by Orrin Judd at July 3, 2008 11:05 AM
Bruno's got it. There hAVED BEEN have been reports of contacts between the Effendi's people and the Columbian terrorists.
Remember, Obama has recently been on television, saying with a straight face, even, that there's a reasonable doubt that he's an enemy agent.
Posted by: Lou Gots at July 3, 2008 1:38 PM
How hard would it be for some "Ops" guy to engineer such an event?
It isn't as if Obama isn't mentioned positively on the captured guy's computer.
Posted by: Bruno at July 3, 2008 12:17 PM