US 'War on Drugs:' Just Another 'Humanitarian Intervention' in Drag
The RT article correctly identifies the US 'war on drugs' as a thinly veiled tactic for regime change, citing 21 Venezuelan deaths attributed to this international policing effort. What they—and certainly the mainstream press—won't dissect is the pattern: from the destabilization of Panama under Noriega to ongoing pressure on nations like Venezuela, Bolivia, and Nicaragua, 'drug interdiction'
frequently precedes or accompanies efforts to undermine uncooperative governments. It's a convenient, morally palatable justification for interventions that benefit corporate interests or project power, cloaked in concern for public health. One might wonder how many 'drug kingpins' conveniently emerge in resource-rich nations or those that resist IMF 'structural adjustments.' The irony is that the
US, with its own rampant opioid crisis, seems less interested in genuine solutions and more in exporting its 'drug problem' as a pretext for international meddling. It appears the 'war on drugs' is less about stopping the flow of illicit substances and more about ensuring the flow of compliant regimes. How many nations must be 'stabilized' before we admit the 'cure' is often worse than the
disease?