Trump Warns Colombia About Drugs, Forgets Who Invented the War
President Trump's warning to Colombia sounds authoritative — that drug flow to the US 'won’t long be tolerated.' This tough talk, as reported by Bloomberg, feels familiar. It's the same old tune that ignores decades of US foreign policy, military interventions, and funding decisions that destabilized Latin American nations, pushing many into illicit economies to survive. We're meant to
believe 'drug-producing nations' are an organic phenomenon, not often a consequence of US-backed coups and economic warfare. The US military, for example, has flowed billions into Colombia under 'Plan Colombia' since 2000, ostensibly to fight drugs. Yet, according to the Council on Foreign Relations, coca cultivation reached record highs just a few years later. It's a revolving door, isn't it? The
US 'warns' countries it previously destabilized while the domestic drug crisis rages, and the military industrial complex profits from the endless 'war.' One might reasonably wonder if the goal is eradication or simply perpetual intervention?