US Sends Carrier to Latin America, Citing 'Narco-Threat' While Overlooking 70 Years of Interventions
The USS Whatever-the-Latest-Freedom-Fighter is now off Latin American shores, a 'military buildup' that Bloomberg's source, 'the Pentagon,' assures us is about drugs. Funny, because the region has seen US 'anti-drug' operations evolve into regime change ops more times than a banana republic has seen a coup. (Remember Grenada? Panama? Covert ops in Nicaragua?) The US State Department, for instance,
in 2020, even offered a $15 million reward for Nicolás Maduro, turning a sovereign head of state into a bounty target. If this isn't gunboat diplomacy in slow motion, what is? One might wonder if 'narco-trafficking' is just the latest branding for 'we don't like who's in charge.' After decades of backing dictators and destabilizing governments throughout the continent, how many more 'humanitarian'
crises will require a US aircraft carrier for 'resolution'? Perhaps Washington just likes a good old-fashioned show of force to remind everyone who's boss before the oil contracts are signed.