US 'Drug War' Conveniently Kills Those Near Venezuela
The Pentagon, via Donald Trump's convenient Tuesday declaration, asserts a US strike killed six 'narcoterrorists' on a boat in international waters near Venezuela. The Guardian, ever so politely, notes this claim lacks 'evidence.' What's consistently missing from mainstream reports (and Trump's rhetoric) is the decades-long US obsession with Venezuela's government—not just its drug routes. This
isn’t a benevolent anti-drug operation; it's another chapter in a long history of US interventionism using 'drug war' pretexts to destabilize non-compliant regimes, from Central America in the 80s to Afghanistan more recently. The 'collateral damage'—unaccounted Trinidadians—are just footnotes in a foreign policy playbook that always prioritizes perceived geopolitical interests over actual human
lives. The 'narco-terrorist' label, applied liberally, conveniently absolves any concern for civilian casualties. How many 'drug interdiction' operations end with a former president announcing vague body counts for a country whose leadership he regularly tries to undermine, all without a shred of evidence? One might wonder if the 'war on terror' or 'war on drugs' simply shifts targets when the
political wind changes, but the bombs (and the convenient lack of accountability) remain constant. Imagine the outrage if an international power struck a boat off the US coast, declaring Americans 'terrorists' without proof. But when it's Venezuela, and brown people, it's just Tuesday.