LAT has a Plan B for Columbia

Despite obvious progress in Columbia in a war against rebels partly financed by Hugo Chavez and despite obvious economic progress there, the LAT chooses to focus on the relatively minor human rights violations. It's Bush's fault, the LAT says. What else is new?

Columbia is one of the few friends of the U.S. remaining in Latin America. The rest are sliding into socialism if not already there. That may well be what the LAT hopes will happen in Columbia. The LAT seems to have a soft spot for socialists and communists, like the deceased Che Guevara, who is a god to some people on the left.