United States Military and Plan Colombia

<p>This monograph analyzes the possibility of the United States Military taking a direct role in the implementation of Plan Colombia. The analysis begins with an exploration of the background issues: the drug war as it relates to Colombia the Marxist-based insurgencies that have been ongoing in Colombia Plan Colombia itself and the support already pledged by the United States to Colombia. This monograph then traces the national interests at stake in Plan Colombia through the lens of the United States National Security Strategy the National Military Strategy and the United States Drug Control Policy. Finally this monograph analyzes U.S.Law and Department of Defense policy to determine what legal support the Defense Department has for involvement in Plan Colombia. This study concludes that the United States has a number of vital important and other national interests at stake in the success of Plan Colombia and that both United States Law Presidential guidance and Defense Department Policy support taking a direct role in the counter-narcotics and counter-insurgency operations embedded within Plan Colombia. This study also recommends that the United States create a Joint Task Force (JTF) to conduct operations within Colombia to support the Colombian effort as put forth in Plan Colombia.</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore you will see the original copyright references library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world) and other notations in the work.</p><p>This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United States you may freely copy and distribute this work as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>As a reproduction of a historical artifact this work may contain missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. Scholars believe and we concur that this work is important enough to be preserved reproduced and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p>