US Calls Cartel 'Terrorists,' Funds Terror with US-Made Bullets
Donald Trump wants to designate Mexican cartels as 'terrorists,' presumably to justify more aggressive US intervention. The irony? These 'terrorists' are often armed with bullets manufactured in US Army factories, as The Intercept inconveniently points out. This isn't oversight; it's the predictable outcome of a military-industrial complex that profits from perpetual conflict, regardless of who's
pulling the trigger. We arm one side, then demonize the other, all while our own factories churn out the very instruments of violence. One might ask, if the US is so concerned about cartel violence, why does its own supply chain loop back to the cartels' arsenals? Perhaps the 'war on terror' is just good for business, and morality is a luxury item.