Hegseth Discovers 'Narco-Terrorists' in America's Back Yard, Not His Donor List
Hegseth’s 'Southern Spear' focuses on 'narco-terrorists' and 'drugs killing our people,' while massing warships, including the USS Gerald R. Ford, near Venezuela. Axios notes that strikes on alleged drug boats have already killed 80 people. One might wonder why, after decades of the drug war failing to dent consumption, the solution is always more firepower in a region where U.S. interventions
have historically destabilized rather than 'protected.' This 'Southern Spear' appears less about illicit substances and more about asserting dominance over a sovereign nation, a pattern as old as the Monroe Doctrine itself. The U.S. has a long, documented history of destabilizing South American governments that deviate from Washington's preferred economic models, often under the guise of fighting
communism, drugs, or now, 'narco-terrorism.' The real 'drugs killing our people,' fentanyl, overwhelmingly flow from China and Mexico, but massing aircraft carriers off Venezuela? That's just good geopolitical theater. And who benefits from such 'operations'? Rarely the 'neighborhood,' always the military-industrial complex and the politicians who champion endlessly expanding 'security' budgets.