This is the New World Report. I'm John Bachelor with Professor Avignellis of the U.S. Army

War College Strategic Studies Institute. The Foreign Minister meetings in Rio de Janeiro

over these next hours, all very positive

for all of the Americas.

However, there is a report that Colombia is considering under Gustavo the new president,

considering using bombing.

That's what it reads, bombing on those who are resisting coming in from the

cold and making peace deals, the narco-terrorism gangs. The Bogota headline,

Reuters, Colombia's government The Bogota headline Reuters

Colombia's government could restart aerial bombing campaigns against illegal armed groups as long as intelligence makes certain miners will not be affected.

Bombings by Colombia's Air Force helped drive intelligence makes certain miners will not be affected.

Bombings by a Columbia's Air Force help drive the now demobilized FARC to sign a peace deal in 2016.

Professor, I was amazed to read this item.

Gustavo Petro is struggling, given his years of rhetoric.

Did it really work with the FARC.

Is that why the FARC's on debt deal in Havana many years ago?

Well, it certainly is what was a part of the military campaign, but as you point out, John,

important to remember that for the past literally two generations Columbia has been the state of civil war.

It was a civil war so grave that in 1997 a now declassified DIA report that the

Columbians became aware of, you know, indicated concern that within two or three years, the Columbians, the Columbia government could actually lose control of the country. There was a sense that the groups like the Far the And so of course the Columbians with US help both on the drug front and later on the military front

made substantial progress in turning things around under presidents such as Alvaro Ribe continuing with presidents, you know, with others.

But during that period when the essentially the guerrillas or the terrorists as well as other criminal armed groups contained vath

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