What Else Was On That Captured FARC Laptop

While the media is thus far focused on the captured FARC laptop and how Colombian authorities are showing that it links FARC with Venezuela and [T]hugo Chavez, other information on the laptop might be a harbinger of things to come should Barack Obama win the Presidency.

Why do I say that? Well, because apparently the terrorists hold Obama in high regard and that they think Obama wont help out our current allies in Colombia. The key graf (original and translation):

"6. Los gringos pedirán cita con el ministro para solicitarle nos comunicara su interés en conversar estos temas. Dicen que el nuevo presidente de su país será Obama y que ellos están interesados en sus compatriotas. Obama no apoyara Plan Colombia ni firma de TLC. Aquí respondimos que nos interesan las relaciones con todos los gobiernos en igualdad de condiciones y que en el caso de Estados Unidos se requiere in pronunciamiento público expresando su interés en conversar con las Farc dada su eterna guerra con nosotros.

Es todo, Abrazos, Raúl."

(translated)
6. The gringos will ask for an appointment with the minister to solicit him to communicate to us his interest in discussing these topics. They say that the new president of their country will be Obama and that they are interested in your compatriots. Obama will not support "Plan Colombia" nor will he sign the TLC (Colombian Free Trade agreement). Here we responded that we are interested in relations with all governments in equality of conditions and that in the case of the US it is required a public pronouncement expressing their interest in talking with the FARC given their eternal war against us.

The terrorists have Obama pegged correctly. He's against free trade (as he has repeatedly stated he'd renegotiate or exit NAFTA - much to the chagrin of the Canadians, which caused the kerfuffle over the weekend).

Obama also has no problem dealing with former terrorists including Weather Underground leader Bill Ayers. I can't help but think that the leftists (and revolutionaries) with whom Obama has surrounded himself with hasn't rubbed off on him.

Meanwhile, the situation remains tense along the border between Venezuela and Colombia. The laptop suggests that Chavez and FARC have been courting each other for years, and that [T]hugo may have thought the timing was right to push forward with his agenda for the region. He might also have been motivated to act because Colombia is on the verge of taking out FARC once and for all, and he feels dedicated to backing the terrorists against a rival nation. Austin Bay has more on this development.

Fausta has a rundown of the military capabilities for the nations involved thus far, and notes the farcical headline claiming that Venezuela has shut the border. It's as porous as ever, considering that FARC has been able to cross back and forth at will, despite Colombian pressure.