They’ll be “negotiating” for the release of some contractors FARC kidnapped, even as they seek to cut off funds to the embattled Columbian government. Massachusetts Rep. James McGovern is leading this mission to meet with one of the most active, and dangerous, terrorist groups in the West.

Fernando Araujo, Columbia’s brave new foreign minister, was recently scolded for telling the truth about FARC that no one wants to hear; that they’re knee deep in Chavismo and likely allied with the Venezuelan dictator. A fact that the Democrats traveling to meet with FARC likely will see for themselves, but I doubt it will bother them. Their constituency leans toward totalitarianism so there’s no harm in them getting in bed with Marxist killers. No harm for them anyway.

The Columbian people are a different story. Western Hemisphere Policy Watch has more.