During the 1980’s Columbia descended into a Narco-War hell, with first the Medellin Cartel, then the Cali Cartel in Control. After years of warfare the United States intervened and things quieted down. In fact, the United States has bases in Columbia to this day, although no one pays much attention to that. Was the drug war won by US intervention or did the cocaine war just run its course?
Whatever position one may take, the fact is the cocaine has never stopped flowing. If there is any less coming out of Columbia, then the slack has been taken up by Bolivia, or Peru, or any one of a number of South American Countries. The coca plant doesn’t grow well in Mexico. Not like in South America. An Amazon River of white powder still flows into Central America and Mexico on its way to the land of the free.
Now we are re-learning it again in Mexico, but probably won’t.
One thing that struck me in this article is how the US drug warriors claim victory in Columbia by increasing the importation of cocaine from
90% in the 1980′s to 97% currently. Also you might have noticed if seizures are up they claim success and if seizures are down they also
hail their great victory! What are these guys smoking?
The last thing we need is more American Troops in another jingoistic, hopeless military adventure.
