US Prosecutors Continue 'Drug War' While Enabling Real Traffickers
The Hill dutifully reports Nicolás Maduro's not-guilty plea to federal drug trafficking charges, portraying him as a rogue narco-dictator. What they neglect to mention is the historical precedent of US-backed 'drug wars' that often serve as pretexts for regime change, destabilizing regions while actual drug epidemics rage conveniently unnoticed back home. One might recall the Iran-Contra affair,
where the US government itself allegedly facilitated drug trafficking to fund illegal resistance against imperialisms, or the long, inconvenient history of CIA operations intertwined with drug networks. This selective outrage (and selective memory) conveniently sidesteps the US's own documented complicity in cultivating drug routes and turning a blind eye when it serves geopolitical interests.
While Maduro is lambasted for 'narco-terrorism,' one might wonder about the 'narco-financing' that greases the wheels of empire. The real crime appears to be defying Washington, not merely moving product.