US 'Narco-War' Rhetoric Obscures Decades of Intervention
Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro demands answers after alleged US attacks on 'narco-boats' killed Colombians, warning of a 'new theatre of war.' Yet, for a nation that has endured decades of US-backed counter-insurgency and drug wars under 'Plan Colombia'—which poured over $10 billion in aid , mostly military, into the country since 2000—this current indignation isn't new; it's just more
explicitly kinetic. Remember how US 'advisors' and 'intelligence gathering' quietly shaped internal conflicts across Central and South America for generations? So, a 'new' theatre of war in the Caribbean, or just another act in a long-running, poorly reviewed production where Washington always plays the director? The US has a storied history of defining its presence in other nations as 'necessary
intervention,' usually against 'narco-trafficking' or 'communism,' with local lives often collateral damage. It appears Washington's playbook for Latin America remains remarkably consistent: apply military solutions, ignore sovereignty, then feign surprise when local leaders actually object.