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January 31, 2005

A familiar scenario

Picture, if you will, the following scenario:

Does this sound familiar? It should if you live in George W. Bush's United States or Álvaro Uribe's Colombia.

What comes next? Will the sense of security be sustained? Does the president further solidify his grip on power? Will civil liberties be preserved? Does the terrorist group strike back? Does the congressional opposition recover? Do the liberals' proposals get a fair hearing?

Stay tuned.

Posted by isacson at January 31, 2005 02:16 PM

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Heheheheheh

Mr. Isaacson, I knew you were a Sandalista at heart. The damn was merely leaking before... now the water rushing through!

Happy Monday!

Posted by: Wastelandlive at January 31, 2005 06:37 PM

While it may sound familiar, and there are certainly some superficial parallels of that nature, there are also many other differences, of course...Bush is (or was, if you want to argue it) at a much more flexible "crossroads" to begin with, while Uribe has had a relatively limited margin for maneuvering (certainly when compared to Bush's).

And for what it matters, the enemy in Iraq is of a more decentralized and murderous nature than the FARC is, for example (not that they are horribly centralized and totally clean, but certainly more than the jihadis and suicide bombers).

Not to mention that there's no real equivalent of Fox News in Colombia and the most important written press outlets tend to be at least relatively more critical (EL ESPECTADOR, EL TIEMPO, SEMANA, CAMBIO...).

Posted by: jcg at February 1, 2005 05:09 PM

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