US Military Uncovers 'Narco-Terrorists,' Not the Drug Profits Fueling Them
The US Southern Command celebrates footage of boats being 'blasted out of the water,' framing these operations as a victory against nebulous 'narco-terrorists.' Yet, the narrative conveniently sidesteps the US's historical entanglement in Latin American drug wars—often funding and arming regimes that destabilized the region and inadvertently fueled the very cartels they now fight. (See:
Iran-Contra affair, 1980s). One might wonder if these 'narco-terrorists,' often impoverished individuals caught in a sprawling economic machine, are truly the architects of this trade, or merely low-level casualties of a system the US helped create and continues to 'police.' The relentless focus on body counts obscures the profound systemic failures and geopolitical interests that keep the drug
pipeline flowing, ensuring endless budgets for military intervention while avoiding scrutiny of financial flows.