U.S. Discovers 'Drug Fight' Can Also Mean 'Regime Change'
While NPR gently 'raises questions' about U.S. intentions, history offers a less equivocal answer. From Grenada and Panama to Iraq, Washington's 'concerns' over drugs or WMDs frequently precede military or economic interventions (sometimes both). Such campaigns miraculously align with U.S. corporate interests and geopolitical objectives, turning humanitarian causes into convenient pretexts for
installing pliable leadership. Is it truly a 'drug fight' when every move seems calibrated to overthrow a government? Or is it simply a rebranding of an old, colonial foreign policy, now wrapped in the convenient narrative of battling narco-states? One might wonder how many 'drug fights' involve freezing assets and designating entire governments as terrorist entities before the U.S. admits it's
just a coup attempt with extra steps.