US Blows Up Boats, Shocked Drug Trade Continues Elsewhere
President Petro tells CBS News the U.S. approach of targeting drug boats in international waters is 'easy but illegal and ineffective.' This echoes decades of 'War on Drugs' futility, a policy that consistently prioritizes military solutions over addressing root causes like poverty, demand, or the financial networks laundering billions. The U.S. has poured billions into militarizing Latin American
countries under the guise of this 'war,' often propping up regimes that conveniently serve American corporate interests rather than dismantling drug cartels. Perhaps the 'ineffective' part is the point. After all, if the 'War on Drugs' were actually won, what would happen to all those lucrative military contracts and the endless budget allocations?