No. of Recommendations: 9
Other than cash our $400M+ aid checks every year, what exactly has our investment in "good relations" obtained for the USA?
A relatively peaceful and stable ally that maintains a vibrant bilateral economic exchange of goods and services, together with cooperation on all manner of regional issues relating to the security of the hemisphere. In contrast to nations on the other extreme like Cuba (for example), that cooperate far more heavily with our global rivals and create security threats in the broader area.
Colombia's not going to become Cuba any time soon, but pushing it to be more in China's sphere of influence is exactly the opposite of what we want to do. But on the other hand, we did get to use military aircraft instead of civilian aircraft this time....so there's that.
