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Spencer,<br>
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Life is complex. Viewpoints differ. Screen <a
href="http://sccl.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1009008016_rashomon">Rashomon</a>.
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What she relates is her personal spiritual journey and always trying
to learn from her own mistakes. <br>
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One key scene in the book comes when she has a Bible to read and
ponders the meaning of the story of the Wedding at Cana. Why did
Jesus not immediately accede to his Mother's request for more wine?
Because he had a choice... as we all do, every day.<br>
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The book makes almost no points about policy other than the fact
that she ends up be very anti--FARC from the view that you can not
win over the people of a country by acting as terrorists against the
people themselves while financing your terrorism with drug money.<br>
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Wes<br>
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On 12/19/2010 9:27 AM, spencerg wrote:
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Hi, Wes: <br>
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Can you give us a hint of what, if anything, she says about
US involvement in Columbia? <br>
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US involvement in Columbia has been documented elsewhere.
For example, the meticulously documented McCoy (2003) The Politics
of Heroin: CIA Complicity in the Global Drug Trade: Afghanistan,
Southeast Asia, Central America, Columbia (Lawrence Hill Books)
strongly suggests that if drugs were legalized in the US, it could
be a great advance for democracy in many parts of the world, e.g.,
Columbia, Afghanistan, Mexico. <br>
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Thanks, <br>
Spencer <br>
p.s. Betancourt did NOT get along well with fellow captives from
the US, who claimed she was arrogant, demanding more than her
share of limited food and living space because of her high
status. This may work in Columbian and French society, but her
American fellow captives were negatively impressed. (<a
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href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%8Dngrid_Betancourt">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%8Dngrid_Betancourt</a>)<br>
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