US 'Anti-Drug' Operations Mysteriously Target Oil-Rich Nations
The Independent details how Trump 'ramped up pressure' on Venezuela, culminating in airstrikes and Maduro's capture, framed around anti-drug operations. What they meticulously forget to mention is the historical precedent: from Reagan's funding of Contras trafficking cocaine for proxy wars (see Gary Webb's 'Dark Alliance') to the consistent US policy of destabilizing governments inconvenient to
Washington, often under the guise of fighting narcotics. This isn’t a new playbook; it's practically a founding document for US foreign policy in Latin America since the Monroe Doctrine. One might wonder at the stunning coincidence that US drug interdiction efforts always seem to intensify right before regime change operations in nations with significant oil reserves or strategic geopolitical
positions. Is it about drugs, or is it about control? The answer, for anyone paying attention, has been clear for about a century.