The U.S. military has killed at least 21 people in recent strikes on small boats off the coast of Venezuela — attacks President Donald Trump says are part of an “armed conflict” with drug cartels. But according to data and experts cited by The New York Times, the operation is unlikely to significantly disrupt the flow of cocaine or fentanyl into the United States, since Venezuela plays only a marginal role in the global drug trade.

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    11 days ago

    It’s not about curbing the drug flow. It’s about invalidating the rule of law (and normalizing killing people).

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      And preparing new avenues for war. The machine needs some places to drop bombs and the killing ground in Gaza was closed due to public outrage (stoopid people simply not buying all the expensive propaganda smh).