MARY BOOTE serves as executive director of Truth About Trade & Technology, Des Moines. For information: www.truthabouttrade.org • July 18, 2008 I enjoy a good summer movie. Recent breaking news from Colombia produced a spellbinding scene worthy of a blockbuster: Deep in the jungles of South America, military spies tricked a band of guerillas into forfeiting a group of prized hostages, who were then hustled to their freedom in a helicopter. The next day, a mother hugged her children for the first time in six years. "It was an ending happier than any Hollywood director would dare to dream up," commented The Economist. But this one was real: After years of trying and intensive planning, the Colombian government had freed 15 hostages, including three Americans, from captivity among left-wing revolutionaries. The rescue mission...
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