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In March 2008, Colombia launched an offensive on the terrorist group FARC and ended up going into Ecuadorian terroitory without permission. Ecuador got pissed, as did its allies Nicaragua and Venezuela. Hugo Chavez ordered Venezuelan troops onto the border. The president of Colombia, Uribe, didn't want war and declined to send troops to match him and the crisis eventually blew over.

Colombia's military is large, experienced, and trained by the US. We all know that Bush would have aided Colombia in this war. However, Colombia would have to fight a war on two fronts.

How would this war have played out and what would have been the consequences?
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