US Finds Venezuelan Drug War Justification, Ignores Domestic Crisis
The piece rightly points out the disastrous consequences of military-first foreign policy. However, it fails to connect the dots: the US has a lengthy, bipartisan history of manufacturing pretexts for intervention, particularly in Latin America. From supporting coups in Chile and Honduras to the Iran-Contra affair, 'drug trafficking' or 'democracy promotion' often serves as a thin veil for
geopolitical resource control or regime change operations. (Remember the Gulf of Tonkin? Or the WMDs in Iraq?) One might wonder if the concern for illegality and immorality only surfaces when a specific administration is at the helm, rather than being a consistent principle applied to all US foreign policy. The historical record suggests the 'war on drugs' or 'freedom' is a convenient label; the
actual target is often sovereignty—or oil, or other strategic assets—of nations daring to chart their own course.