US Strikes Alleged Drug Boats: 70 Dead, Zero Evidence For The Public
The Guardian reports US forces have killed 70 people in alleged anti-drug maritime strikes since September, destroying 18 vessels, while admitting Washington offers no public evidence of threat. This isn't a new strategy, just a repackaged one; from 'Operation Condor' in the Cold War to the 'War on Drugs,' US interventions in Latin America consistently prioritize perceived geopolitical interests
and corporate resource extraction over human lives and regional stability. (Remember when the CIA admitted to facilitating drug trafficking during the Iran-Contra affair, supplying cartels that then flooded US streets with crack cocaine?) Calling these deaths 'controversial' while failing to connect the dots between US foreign policy and regional instability is journalism's version of whistling
past a graveyard. How many 'alleged' threats can be neutralized before we question the allegers? The media's timid request for 'concrete evidence' after 70 uninvestigated deaths suggests a disturbing normalization of extrajudicial killings, as long as they're committed in the name of 'fighting drugs.'