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I've always questioned the logic of mass murdering innocent civilians to get them to vote their current leader out.

murbard2 11y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Taylor_(Liberian_politician)#Presidency https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Taylor_(Liberian_polit... "After the official end of the civil war in 1996, Taylor ran for president in the 1997 general election. He famously campaigned on the slogan "He killed my ma, he killed my pa, but I will vote for him."[22] The elections were overseen by the United Nations' peacekeeping mission, United Nations Observer Mission in Liberia, along with a contingent from the Economic Community of West African States.[23] Taylor won the election in a landslide, garnering 75 percent of the vote. Although the election was widely reckoned as free and fair by international observers, Taylor had a huge advantage going into the election. He'd already taken over the former state radio station, which referred to him as "His Excellency." Additionally, there was widespread fear that Taylor would resume the war if he lost." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo_Escobar#La_Catedral_prison https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo_Escobar#La_Catedral_pris... "Escobar was allegedly responsible for the 1989 murder of Colombian presidential candidate Luis Carlos Galán, one of three assassinated candidates who were all competing in the same election, as well as the bombing of Avianca Flight 203 and the DAS Building bombing in Bogotá in 1989. " ... "After declaring an end to a series of previous violent acts meant to pressure authorities and public opinion, Escobar surrendered to Colombian authorities in 1991. He was confined in what became his own luxurious private prison, La Catedral. Before Escobar gave himself up, the extradition of Colombian citizens had been prohibited by the newly approved Colombian Constitution of 1991. That was controversial, as it was suspected that Escobar or other drug lords had influenced members of the Constituent Assembly."
- grandalf 11y ago
  What you describe about Escobar is pretty much exactly the period of history covered by Amazon's original series "Narcos".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Taylor_(Liberian_politician)#Presidency https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Taylor_(Liberian_polit... "After the official end of the civil war in 1996, Taylor ran for president in the 1997 general election. He famously campaigned on the slogan "He killed my ma, he killed my pa, but I will vote for him."[22] The elections were overseen by the United Nations' peacekeeping mission, United Nations Observer Mission in Liberia, along with a contingent from the Economic Community of West African States.[23] Taylor won the election in a landslide, garnering 75 percent of the vote. Although the election was widely reckoned as free and fair by international observers, Taylor had a huge advantage going into the election. He'd already taken over the former state radio station, which referred to him as "His Excellency." Additionally, there was widespread fear that Taylor would resume the war if he lost." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo_Escobar#La_Catedral_prison https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo_Escobar#La_Catedral_pris... "Escobar was allegedly responsible for the 1989 murder of Colombian presidential candidate Luis Carlos Galán, one of three assassinated candidates who were all competing in the same election, as well as the bombing of Avianca Flight 203 and the DAS Building bombing in Bogotá in 1989. " ... "After declaring an end to a series of previous violent acts meant to pressure authorities and public opinion, Escobar surrendered to Colombian authorities in 1991. He was confined in what became his own luxurious private prison, La Catedral. Before Escobar gave himself up, the extradition of Colombian citizens had been prohibited by the newly approved Colombian Constitution of 1991. That was controversial, as it was suspected that Escobar or other drug lords had influenced members of the Constituent Assembly."

grandalf 11y ago
What you describe about Escobar is pretty much exactly the period of history covered by Amazon's original series "Narcos".