It's Time to Make Good on Colombia

There is something wonderful about the bilateral relationships the United States has enjoyed in the decades during and since World War II. Our dealings, notably with Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Germany, Great Britain, Japan, Jordan, Spain, Thailand, and Turkey, while not always perfect, have been marked by a high degree of tangible and genuine collaboration in a host of political, economic, and military areas. On every substantive issue, the United States and its bilateral counterparts have found a large and unforced common ground.

The outstanding examples have been the U.S.-U.K. relationship, which has endured and flourished for more than a century, and the natural, almost unconscious affinity between the U.S. and Canada. The relationship between Colombia and the United States has been growing ever since World War II, and, while perhaps less obvious, is equally strong and fully as important.