Colombian rebels call for a 'national accord' after the US intervention in Venezuela
This story raises questions about governance, accountability, and American values.
The coverage treats the ELN’s call for a “national accord” as a reassuring pivot toward peace, as if a press statement can wash away years of kidnapping, extortion, and cross border terror. It also frames US action in Venezuela as the destabilizing force, rather than the regime chaos and criminal networks that invited outside pressure in the first place. A conservative view starts with **public trust**: accords are not substitutes for accountability.
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Colombia’s National Liberation Army called for a “national accord” to overcome political conflicts, as it faces the prospects of attacks from the governments of Colombia and the United States
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The coverage treats the ELN’s call for a “national accord” as a reassuring pivot toward peace, as if a press statement can wash away years of kidnapping, extortion, and cross border terror. It also frames US action in Venezuela as the destabilizing force, rather than the regime chaos and criminal networks that invited outside pressure in the first place.
A conservative view starts with public trust: accords are not substitutes for accountability. If the ELN wants legitimacy, it can begin by ending violence and submitting to the rule of law, not negotiating from the cover of armed coercion. Romanticizing “dialogue” while downplaying the group’s record only encourages more leverage politics by gun.
The United States has a clear interest in national security and border stability in the hemisphere. Any engagement should defend sovereignty and order, support Colombia’s institutions, and avoid deals that reward insurgents for creating the crisis they now offer to “solve.”
Commentary written with AI assistance by the New Republican Times Editorial Board.