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Seven children from the Agassiz School in Cambridge sat in the front floor, bearing United Nations flags and polite smiles. One child, Olivia Counter, daughter of Foundation Director S. Allen Counter, presented Annan with a large bouquet of flowers...
...percent. In all likelihood, the bill will pass; with the strong support of the Republican leadership, and with midterm elections weeks away, no Senator or Representative will want to appear "soft on drugs" by opposing it. Unfortunately, it appears that a catchy name and the appeal of counter-drug legislation have concealed the content of a bill full of disastrous foreign policy...
...Colombia, drug production has increased an incredible 260 percent, even though it is the largest recipient of U.S. counter-narcotics aid. Its coca production has tripled, and its heroine production is forth-greatest worldwide, even though four years ago it produced no heroine. Coca eradication efforts destroy crops temporarily, but they cause widespread social discontent, and production spring up quickly elsewhere. The stated goals of the War on Drugs--to reduce drug production and trafficking into the U.S--have proven elusive, despite all the money weive thrown at them...
Last, U.S. counternarcotics aid will never escape the internal politics and warfare that continue to plague recipient countries. Despite guarantees that equipment and training be used to fight drugs, in reality policymakers have no way of knowing that military training and equipment are not used for counter-insurgency against guerrilla forces. In Colombia, where the War on Drugs and the government's counter-insurgency efforts are most intertwined, the bill earmarks $168 million for helicopters and other aircraft, despite repeated reports of clashes between Colombian air forces and FARC (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia) guerrillas...
Scribes are already scrambling to immortalize in poetry and prose the sensational seasons of Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire, which is why we decided to take a page from the bean-counter's handbook and offer naught but the facts. Here they are, as compiled by our friends at the Elias Sports Bureau...