Uribe to meet Obama, the hypocrisy will be thick.

I wonder how badly is Obama going to treat him considering he is a former strong ally of President Bush and since the unions own Obama if he will throw Urbine to the wolves.

This is an interesting way of how they look at Uribe who does have problems of his own but it seems to me because he is not the typical leftist leader they are looking for excuses.

Obama administration officials declined interview requests to discuss policy toward Colombia, a country that has received nearly $6 billion in mostly military aid since Uribe took office in 2002. But four people who have met with policymakers in the Obama administration say the United States is concerned about the wiretapping and surveillance of Uribe's critics by an intelligence agency controlled by the presidency and reports that as many as 1,700 civilians have been killed by Colombian army units in what a preliminary United Nations investigation characterized as "cold-blooded, premeditated murder." Administration officials also believe that democratic institutions are at risk as the Uribe government lobbies for a constitutional amendment to permit him to run for an unprecedented third term next year, said those who have met with aides to President Obama. "I believe the Obama administration will question President Uribe on his human rights record and democracy," said one of the four people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue. "And I don't think they will either mince words or hold back too much."

They just got thru berating Honduras's institutions for stopping a Chavez lapdog for trying to screw with their consititution terms but have a problem with Uribe who so far is lobbying for a third term? As for human rights violations and undemocratic practices you could start in Mexico and drive all the way down the South American continent stepping on unjust killings and human rights violations. Why pick only on Colombia unless you have an agenda.