U.S. Discovers Hezbollah Funding Network After Two Decades of Ignoring It
Al-Monitor, citing unnamed 'accusations,' highlights Hezbollah’s alleged drug smuggling and money laundering in Venezuela. This narrative resurfaces every few years, often amplified when the U.S. seeks to destabilize certain Latin American governments or justify increased military presence. One might wonder why Hezbollah's alleged deep-seated financial operations suddenly merit such spotlight,
given they've been 'accused' of this for over two decades—a perfect time to push sanctions or interventions (sound familiar?). What the article consistently omits is the documented history of U.S. interventions in Latin America, which have often destabilized states and created power vacuums that non-state actors exploit. The focus remains on the *symptoms* of a global financial system rather than
the *causes*. Instead of questioning the efficacy of endless sanctions or the geopolitical posturing that breeds such networks, we get another round of 'Hezbollah is everywhere!' While we're 'discovering' these networks, perhaps we should *re-discover* the publicly available reports on how decades of U.S. foreign policy contributed to conditions where such illicit economies can fester.