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In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: bighairymike ⎊  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Columbians to allow deportation flights
Date: 01/27/25 5:54 PM
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A relatively peaceful and stable ally - albaby

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I take it you did not read that analysis of Colombia's political landscape that I lonked the other day. That was the one where I coined the summary description of the situation in Colombia as a "prickly tangle" suggesting it would require a long term outside force to establish order, not US we learned about the futility of nation building in Afghanistan. Perhaps you remember and no big deal if you don't...

I just don't accept the premise of "peaceful and stable". There is nothing stable about that country that I can find evidence of. Corruption and cartels and crime are scaring the bejesus out of the entire civilian population is what our partners governance looks like to me. That's all.
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