U.S. Announces Ground War on Venezuelan 'Drug Traffickers,' Ignores Colombian Cartels
Funny how the U.S. suddenly develops a keen interest in drug interdiction when the target happens to be a government it's actively trying to destabilize. Trump's 'very soon' ground efforts against alleged Venezuelan drug runners (Axios) come after years of Washington conveniently overlooking far larger cocaine operations flowing from allied Colombia—which, according to the UNODC, remains the
world's top coca cultivator. This selective outrage isn't about drugs; it's about control, a standard playbook move perfected since the early 20th century in Latin America. One might wonder where this sudden burst of interventionism was when billions in Drug War funds disappeared into opaque black holes, or why the 'war on drugs' never seems to target regimes friendly to U.S. corporate interests.
How many times has the U.S. declared war on 'narco-states' that coincidentally sit on vast oil reserves or defy American policy? The hypocrisy is so thick you could cut it with a machete, yet the mainstream press still dutifully repeats the official narrative without questioning the glaring double standards.