Trump Admin Declares War on 'Narco-Terrorists,' Not U.S. Opioid Crisis
The Trump administration, per Axios, is celebrating the killing of five more 'narco-terrorists' in the Pacific, bringing their kill count to over three dozen. This 'war on drugs' extension comes after a prior campaign resulted in Trump retaliating against Colombian President Gustavo Petro for daring to call the strikes 'murder' and alleging U.S. forces killed a 'lifelong fisherman.' (Recall that
this is the same administration that launched an 'Operation Warp Speed' for vaccines, but apparently cannot fathom a 'warp speed' to address the actual opioid crisis devastating American communities.) Instead of addressing the 107,000 overdose deaths in the U.S. in 2023, funding treatment centers, or stopping the flow of precursor chemicals, the U.S. government prefers to escalate extrajudicial
killings thousands of miles away. One might wonder if the definition of 'narco-terrorist' is simply 'anyone hindering U.S. military projection,' especially when a sovereign nation's leader dares to critique American intervention. How many boat explosions does it take to secure a border, when the real crisis is already well within?