Well there were a couple of false starts, but today Colombian guerillas kept their promise to free a couple of hostages per their agreement with Hugo Chavez. Tears of joy flowed all around as families were reunited after an unimaginable six-year trauma. Who on earth wouldn’t be thrilled with an outcome like this? Well, the Bush Administration of course, but then they’re kind of dicks.
State Department spokesman Tom Casey was in top form as he praised congratulated “grudgingly acknowledged” the Venezuelan role in mediating the first breakthrough with the FARC since 2001. He then went on to imply pretty strongly that the U.S. isn’t about to accept any such help from Chavez on account of he once called our president “the devil” (had ya heard?). So we extend our condolences to the families of the three Americans remaining in captivity. I’m sure they are comforted in the knowledge that our government won’t puss-out in the global war on name-calling.
