The US War on Communism, Drugs, and Terrorism in Colombia  On
Thursday 6th September the President of Colombia – Juan Manuel
Santos – rejected a proposed bilateral ceasefire by FARC
(Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) rebels aimed at
bringing an end to Colombia’s armed conflict. He declared that
he had asked operations to be intensified and stated that “there
will be no ceasefire of any kind.”1 These comments bear
reflection upon Colombia’s half century dirty war, the actors
involved and the motives behind U.S. policies that have merely
served to worsen the conflict.  Today Colombia is one of the
largest recipients of U.S. military training and aid in the
world. Although the U.S was involved in counterinsurgency
operations in Colombia during the Cold War the continued flow of
military funding and training occurred as a result of Bill
Clinton’s “Plan Colombia” (2000-2006) and George W Bush’s
“Andean Regional Initiative” (2008-2010) both of which were
aimed at the forced eradication of coca and fighting Co