Congressional Democrats continue to hold up a free-trade deal with Colombia.
Kaplan via Atlantic | America's only true criminal class









All the debate about Colombian free trade has obscured something important: Colombia is far safer now than it was five years ago. In fact, if Iraq were reclaiming terrorist-controlled areas as effectively as Colombia is, even the most die-hard opponents of the Iraq War would admit error. Colombia is, after Iraq and Afghanistan, our third-biggest nation-building project, and it is by far our most successful.
Other Kaplan SOCOM writings here.