(Never mind that any serious negotiations haven't even begun; that just this week the FARC murdered six people -- including two children -- in the Meta province; and that former Colombian President Andres Pastrana traveled down this road between 1997-2002, which only served to give the FARC time and resources to expand its military violence).
Stephens' argument would seem to imply that if the FARC negotiations are now an excuse for taking Cuba off the state-sponsors of terrorism list, then its inclusion has been merited the whole time.
Wrong.
Stephens has always argued in favor of removing the Castro regime from the state-sponsors of terrorism list, regardless of whether it engaged in military campaigns in three continents; murdered American citizens; houses and supports foreign-based terrorist organizations; shares intelligence with Iran, Syria and other state-sponsors of terrorism; shelters fugitives from U.S. justice; and holds an American citizen hostage.
This is just the latest meritless excuse she has conjured up to further her goal of unconditionally easing sanctions towards the Castro dictatorship.
