The House of Orange has given the national soccer club its uniform colors: orange. When we observe the pitch with orange jerseys running amok, we think Netherlands. But when we think international fugitives evading capture and extradition, we think F.B.I., Interpol, and maybe the I.R.S. or CIA.
As reported by our friend Anastasia O'Grady in the WSJ, the Dutch government snubbed a request by the USA to extradite a fugitive drug dealer from the Caribbean island of Aruba, where former Venezuelan Director of Intelligence had been detained by Dutch authorities. Hugo Carvajal has been indicted in New York and Florida on drug trafficking charges. The Dutch felt it was more important to remian on good terms with Venezuela than the USA. Hmmm. How does that happen?
Mrs. O'Grady feels that this decision can be rooted in the Obama White House 's retreat from global participation and a neglect of engagement worldwide, or isolationist tendencies that ebb and flow on America's shores.
Mr. Carvajal has been an acolyte of the former leader Hugo Chavez. He has neen involved with FARC, the cross border rebel group in Colombia, and has been instrumental in providing a refuge in Venezuela for FARC troops. So, does Obama need to wake up to Latin America? It would seem so, especially as the Olympics will be in Brazil in 2 years, exposing the entire western hemisphere to close scrutiny from the rest of the civilized world(not including the Middle East, the wheel hub of uncivilized activity).
What are the chances of finding Mr. Carvajal in lock down anytime soon? Slim and none. Thank you, Mr. President.
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