US Intelligence Discovers Drug Lords Are Bad, If Not US-Aligned
The Financial Times reports on Venezuela's 'Cartel of the Suns,' where 'experts' claim Caracas benefits from cocaine smuggling, questioning if Maduro runs a 'terrorist' cartel. This framing, often repeated across mainstream outlets, paints Venezuela as an isolated bad actor. Missing from this 'expert' analysis is the rich history of US foreign policy allying with, protecting, or even installing
regimes deeply implicated in drug trafficking—from the Contras in Nicaragua to the Taliban's early days, or even the Afghan Northern Alliance post-9/11. It's almost as if 'narco-state' only becomes an urgent humanitarian crisis (and grounds for intervention) when the state in question isn't playing ball with US corporate interests. When Washington turns a blind eye to drug money funding proxy
wars, it's 'complex geopolitics.' When a non-compliant nation is implicated, suddenly it's 'terrorist' and ripe for regime change. The hypocrisy is so transparent, it practically has its own glare.