Farc kidnap saga marks 1,000 days and more opium is coming to a town near you.

Former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt marks her 1,000th day in captivity on Saturday, held hostage by Marxist guerrillas

It has been so long that I forgot this was still going on. We used to care about Colombia-- What happened? Are we running a drug for cash exchange to finance this war like with the Iran Contra Scandal? In happier news:

“The United Nations reports that opium production is booming in Afghanistan. The country accounts for 87 percent of global opium production, up from 76 percent last year.” Swords into Plowshares

All those soldiers patrolling everywhere in that country and opium production is up. Hmmm- there must be some nice cash kickbacks going to our government.