February 5, 2008 [LINK / comment]
Colombians rally against FARC
This is certainly encouraging: For the past several months, there has been a groundswell of opinion against the left-wing FARC guerrilla movement in Colombia, and the recent (cynical) release of hostages did nothing to change this. Yesterday, hundreds of thousands of protesters voiced their opinion on the matter, carrying huge banners that said:
No more kidnapping, no more lies, no more deaths, no more FARC!
SOURCE: BBC.
Just imagine: a mass-scale protest march against the self-styled "defenders of the people." Oh, the times, they are a-changin'...
Glenn Reynolds hails this as an example of the main theme in his "Army of Davids" book.