Hola Grumo,
GRUMO escribió:Equipamiento
No sé que les hayan contado a los amigos ecuatorianos, pero el equipamiento peruano era horroroso. A manera de ejemplo y con esto no hago ninguna infidencia, NINGUN BLINDADO FUNCIONABA POR BATERIAS, y si quieren lo firmo. Una fuerza sin arma de la decisión no puede adoptar una acción ofensiva. Estimo que la inteligencia ecuatoriana habrá conocido de esto, por lo que si yo hubiese sido un decisor, era el mejr momento para imponer nuevas condiciones en mi provecho e interés.
Y lo has estimado correctamente. Frederick Hamilton entregó al gobierno ecuatoriano en 1993, aspectos del potencial militar peruano y recomendaciones corroborando que Perú no tenía ni la intención ni la capacidad para atacar a Ecuador, mucho menos para invadirlo:
http://www.dhra.mil/perserec/espionagecases/secretary.htmFREDERICK CHRISTOPHER HAMILTON, a former Defense Intelligence Agency official, pleaded guilty on 5 February 1993 to the charge of passing to Ecuadorian officials classified US intelligence reports evaluating the military readiness of Peruvian security forces. At the time, Hamilton was a DIA research technician in the defense attaché’s office in Lima, Peru, a post which he held from 1989 to 1991. He apparently believed that the disclosures could help avert a possible conflict between the two countries. Peru and Ecuador have been disputing territory (sometimes violently) along their mutual border for the past 50 years. Hamilton holds advanced degrees in Spanish and Portuguese. At the time of his arrest, he was employed as a language instructor at a military academy in Virginia. His activities were uncovered by US intelligence agencies after they received information from a confidential source indicating secrets were being leaked. Hamilton, who held a Top Secret security clearance while with the DIA, met Ecuadorian representatives in their embassy in Lima on 13 February and 20 May of 1991. He passed extremely sensitive information which disclosed US intelligence operations and the identity of US sources in the region. “He didn't get any money,” said a US official. “He was a very naive individual who was flattered by the [Ecuadorians].” Hamilton's attorney stated that, “What he thought he was trying to do was prevent a war... The purpose of disclosing the documents that he did was to show the country that was concerned about being attacked that the other country had neither the intent nor the ability to attack.” Hamilton reportedly passed five Secret intelligence reports and orally disclosed the contents of four other classified reports. Under a court agreement, the former DIA employee pleaded guilty to two counts of unlawfully communicating classified information to a foreign country. The agreement specifies Hamilton may not appeal the sentence and the Justice Department will not prosecute him for espionage-related crimes. On 16 April, he was sentenced to 37 months in prison.
The Washington Post 6 Feb 1993, “Va. Man Pleads Guilty to Leaking US Secrets”
The Washington Times 6 Feb 1993, “Ex-DIA Official Pleads Guilty in Document Leak
Hola Favek,
Favek escribió:Ya dormimos con los ojos cerrados y cuerpo tendido en 1941 y ustedes nos invadieron.
... y quizás podríamos analizar las causas y/o razones de la invasión, en el tópico correspondiente a la Guerra de 1941.
Favek escribió: No estamos pidiendo nada con premura ya que no tenemos porque hacerlo, simplemente nos preparamos, para no quedarnos dormidos con los ojos cerrados y a cuerpo tendido. El Ecuador mal o bien, siempre ha sido un país pacifista.
Pero hay preparativos porque se tiene claro, según afirmaste, un posible cambio de escenario en caso que Perú resulte favorecido con el fallo de la Corte de Justicia. ¿Correcto?
Sigue siendo extraña tal “preparación”, por dos simples razones (sólo como referencia, porque este tema no corresponde al tópico):
1- La política de Estado peruana, inclusive mucho antes del inicio del trámite de la demanda judicial contra Chile, ha señalado tajantemente que el límite marítimo entre Ecuador y Perú, está definido por el paralelo debido a la presencia de islas en la zona.
2- La reciente firma de un Tratado de Límites Marítimos (sí, ya se, para algunos no es un Tratado nuevo) entre los dos gobiernos, finiquitó las dudas no resueltas por los convenios pesqueros y concluyó curando en salud la posibilidad futura de cualquier mala interpretación de la norma.
Pero bueno, como todo Estado soberano, Ecuador tiene derecho a tomar las medidas que crea convenientes.
Un saludo