Is official version of the Uribe government truthful? And in what position are present Colombian guerillas?
– The truth of FARC demands does not cause any doubts in any normal person. But their methods, especially beginning from mid 80s more and more depart from those that many of us got used to believe to be the revolutionary ethics. To my opinion, one of the reasons for this is that at a certain moment the military criteria prevailed over the political one. In other words, influence in the leadership of FARC began to depend on military achievements more than on lucidity of ideas. In the provinces where they fight, oligarchs and generals do not die along with guerillas, but ordinary soldiers, policemen and paramilitares, who were forced into this organisation, – the same children of the people, in the name of which FARC is struggling. Peasants have to cooperate both with either side, otherwise they are just killed. Therefore, among the people there is no adoration of FARC. FARC leadership, starting from the 80s, headed to quick growth of the organisation ranks. A lot of youngsters and total
