(Leech) the farmers that grow coca and have no other means of survival would also be advantaged by the action, as they would be given assistance in growing different crops. The Columbian government has solicited aid worldwide for the welfare of the drug-fighting program. The European Union however remained reluctant at offering financial help to the cause because of the reason that the Europeans believe that the Plan will not have the expected result. (Leech, 1999) The U.S. government's main concern in Columbia is to put an end to the FARC guerilla and to Columbian drug affairs. Violence in Columbia has been occurring ever since the nineteen century and the drug business that started in the 1970s has severely aggravated the situation.

The U.S. also planned for a general economic rehabilitation of Columbia, hoping to diminish the level of unemployment within the country. The U.S. is hoping to enlighten the Columbians in taking advantage of the countries natural resources and to accept the correct ruling of their rightful government.

The main purpose of the U.S. government is to destroy the drug trafficking so that the guerrilla forces wouldn't have any financial support left for them to continue the armed conflict.

A secure and efficient method for the drug traffic to be stopped would be for both the U.S. And Columbian governments to seal off and quarantine the South of Columbia where most of the drugs are being produced and which is the home of the FARC guerilla forces. Furthermore, Plan Columbia should be extended worldwide as a plan to decrease drug production and guerilla forces that are depending on it so that the Columbian episode would not repeat itself in other corners of the world.

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