November 30, 2007

Awwwwww - poor widdle rich girl meets the real revolutionaries

Meet Tanja Nijmeijer -- a 29 year old Dutch woman who rebelled against her well-off parents and decided to join Colombia's FARC. From the New London, CT The Day/AP:
Dutch Woman Who Joined Guerrillas In Colombia Disillusioned
The army stumbled on the handwritten diary during a raid on a guerrilla camp. It lay near the embers of a communal kitchen where fleeing rebels left their breakfast untouched.

“I'm tired, tired of the FARC, tired of the people, tired of communal living. Tired of never having anything for myself,” wrote the author, a 29-year-old Dutch woman.

Colombia's government couldn't have hoped for better propaganda against the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC. It leaked excerpts from the diary found last June to the media, even making available an English translation of the Dutch entries.

The first known person from outside Latin America to join the region's largest rebel army wasn't just disillusioned. Like most FARC foot soldiers, Tanja Nijmeijer apparently wasn't permitted to leave.

“This would be worth it if I knew I was fighting for something. But I don't really believe that anymore,” she wrote on Nov. 24, 2006, according to the excerpts released by the government.
What is that quote: "A conservative is a liberal who's been mugged.” NEXT! Posted by DaveH at November 30, 2007 8:20 AM | TrackBack
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