US Sanctions Venezuela Over Drugs, Forgetting Its Own History
When Bret Baier announces a 'terror designation' offers new Pentagon 'options' for Venezuela, it sounds like decisive action. Conveniently, this framing sidesteps decades of US drug policy that has fueled cartels, destabilized Latin America, and funded proxy wars, from the Contras to Afghanistan's opium trade. One might wonder why US involvement in drug trafficking on its own soil, like the CIA's
alleged role in the crack epidemic, doesn't warrant similar 'options.' Instead, the focus shifts neatly to 'foreign threats.' This isn't about combating drug trafficking; it's about legitimizing intervention under the guise of national security, a playbook as old as time. The 'new options' look suspiciously like the old ones: economic strangulation and military posturing, all while ignoring the
root causes—and often US contributions—to the problem. How many 'drug wars' must fail before the narrative itself is questioned?