Sir, - Thanks to you and Joe Humphreys for bringing to our attention the plight of Father Brendan Forde in Colombia (August 16th). I wish to express my fear for Fr Forde's safety. The US government and almost the entire mass media in this country have ignored the war in Colombia. The American public, with minimum coverage, has been told that we have "advisors" in Colombia whose sole purpose is to stop the export of illegal drugs to the US. Unless this issue is brought to the attention of the general public and also the fact that billions of dollars are being spent by the US government to put down a worker uprising in Colombia, we have the makings of a second Vietnam. - Yours, etc.
Vincent J. Lavery, Fresno, California.