A diagnostic measure of damaged reasoning capacity is the incapacity to recognize one’s own cognitive dissonance – particularly when it is pointed out. I have two examples of the phenomenon.
The first is Trump’s braying about what he ominously styles “narco terrorists” and how they must not have “safe haven” anywhere. Well, except here.
This is the same Trump who has given safe haven to terrorists who are exactly that – because they actually did terrorize Americans by using the government to push drugs on them. This is something the so-called “narco terrorists” outside of America do not do. Smuggling drugs, yes – which merely means they are transporting their drugs – so we are told – from A to B illegally, which says nothing about the morality of the “smuggling.” It was once illegal to “smuggle” alcohol, too – because the government had outlawed the free exchange of money for booze (as well as the consumption of booze) among consenting adults.
The so-called “narco terrorists” offer their drugs to people who want to buy (and use) them and freely choose to. Whether buying or using these drugs is wise is not the issue. It is also not wise to engage in a variety of activities; it’s easy enough to think of several – including the ingestion of bio-engineered food (perfectly legal!).
So long as no one is forced to be a participant and so long as the participants are freely consenting adults, it is difficult to understand the claim that anyone is being pushed to do anything – as regards the illegal drugs. Only the government has the legal power to push things on people. Including drugs.
The government – under Trump – did exactly that, though Trump and his apologists like to pretend all Trump did was “Warp Speed” the drugs that were pushed on Americans from non-existence to almost-instant availability (and if you believe that, there’ a great sale on Brooklyn bridges going on) and that people were not forced to take them when they became available.
This is simply, demonstrably untrue. Active duty military were literally forced to take these drugs. Children were effectively forced t take them because their parents were effectively forced to make them take them. Millions of Americans had to choose between a paycheck (and a vested pension) or the loss of both, if they refused to be pushed to take the drugs. Al the while, they were barraged with abuse if they “hesitated” or questioned any of this.
If this isn’t terrorism, then the term has no meaning.
Well, have any of the terrorists been called to account? Not one! Dr. Fauci is free to enjoy a very comfortable retirement, brought to him by Pfizer. Not one government official who ordered people “locked down” has himself (or herself) been locked up. Not one has so much been fined $100 for what they did to millions of Americans, many of whom – in the tens of thousands – lost their businesses as well as their careers. To say nothing of the injuries and deaths caused by these drugs.
But Trump sails blithely onward. His apologists do not want to talk about it and when you try to get them to, they often get angry with you for bringing it up. Many of these same people support Trump’s terrorism as regards Venezuela – which is just exactly that. How else to describe extra-judicial summary execution – including of helpless “narco terrorists” bobbing in the water? They are ok with the most extreme measures – when it comes to these “narco-terrorists” who never pushed drugs on any American but also ok with no measures being taken to address the crimes of the people who did push drugs on people, including Trump himself.
The second example is more personal. I have an old friend who strenuously objects to the income tax and all federal taxes, which he regards as strong-armed robbery. He objects to this on moral grounds. I agree with him completely. I do not see how anyone can claim they have the moral right to force someone else to hand over money they do not owe, to pay for “services” they neither use nor approve of.
But he is ok with the local taxes – specifically, the property taxes he and I are forced to pay to avoid local government thugs physically removing us from our homes and auctioning off our homes to the highest bidder. He says this is justified because “we” need local “services,” such as the county police and (of course) the schools. When I ask him how he can reconcile his moral opposition to federal strong-arm robbery and his support for local strong arm robbery, he gets mad at me for bringing the subject up.
I see both examples as evidence of a kind of madness, one that is all-too-common and that is probably an etiolation – such a great word! – of government schooling, on the one hand, and incessant distraction/propaganda on the other. Both conspire against cognitive development, leading to a kind of arrested state of development. It is the antithesis of the thinking brain that developed in earlier times as a result of the trivium – by which was meant the teaching of children to think. Rhetoric and logic (plus grammar) accomplish that. Regurgitating what you are told is true is the antithesis of that.
Thinking people are the foundation stones of a free society. Without them, you end up with the kind of society we’ve got. One in which there are no transcendent principles to hang onto.
Just the ever-shifting rip-tide of what a working majority votes to impose on the rest.
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Here is the sole principled Republican in the entire Clowngress, speaking in the House on Wednesday. And he got voted down by his warmongering Repugniclown colleagues:
https://x.com/Acyn/status/2001372611172012255
Etiolation? Plants crave Brawndo.
No shirking against the New Man workers utopia.
Trump morphs into Colin Powell, as Saddam snickers:
‘President Donald Trump has signed an executive order classifying fentanyl as a ‘weapon of mass destruction.’
‘Trump signed the order in the Oval Office on Monday while flanked by ‘Secretary’ of Defense Pete Hegseth, ‘Chairman’ of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Dan Caine, White House ‘border czar’ Tom Homan and other top ‘military officials.’
‘Trump says his administration is “formally classifying fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction, which is what it is. No bomb does what this is doing.”
‘The term weapon of mass destruction has typically referred to nuclear, biological, chemical or kinetic threats capable of causing overwhelming and lasting damage to a population, infrastructure or environment.’
https://www.azfamily.com/2025/12/15/trump-signs-executive-order-classifying-fentanyl-weapon-mass-destruction/
They don’t call these deluded freaks ‘Repugniclowns’ for nothing.
This is your US fedgov turned into an SNL comedy skit. These retarded bozos are not serious people.
And yet, Fentanyl (and its more potent analogues) is used in every hospital in America on a daily basis for inpatient and outpatient procedures ranging from endoscopies to open-heart surgery. I guess since they’ve overlooked that inconvenient fact, we’re just supposed to overlook it, too? Maybe they plan on arresting anaesthesiologists as ‘narco-terrorists’ next?
It’s blatantly obvious they wish to use this latest imperial decree to build a specious ‘WMD’ case against Venezuela and any other resource-rich nations they and their masters have designs on. Ignorant, vile, megalomaniacal warmongering chickenhawk Satanist assholes. Totally evil, utterly insane! I guess they realize they have about a year to really kick things off before the GOP gets its ass handed to it in the midterms.
With every day that passes, I am increasingly thankful I refused to participate in this last farcical ‘election!’
>With every day that passes, I am increasingly thankful I refused to participate in this last farcical ‘election!’
10-4, Commodore.
Morning, Vincent!
Yup. Trump is now literally saying “WMD” in re drugs and Venezuela. My Orange Fatigue is becoming overwhelming. I can’t stand the sight of him, even. Have you seen the latest? Not content to shut up after he posted outre comments about the murder of Rob Reiner, he just had to make more such: “President Donald Trump doubled down on his criticism of Rob Reiner, asserting today the slain Hollywood director was “a deranged person. ”
This from the man who threatened to prosecute people for saying mean things in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s murder. The man is sick in the head. A disgusting spray-tanned child in an 80-year-old body.
You have that right, Eric. There should be no other reaction than “What the fuck is wrong with you?” at this sociopathic narcissist who can’t help inject himself and “TDS” into the tragic stabbing murder of two people.
Well, if they start launching drone strikes on hospitals, we’ll know we have arrived.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/0g6b86ks1BA
Honest question here Eric:
I used to think the “make drugs legal” thing could be a good idea until I saw what happened here in Oregon when we tried that. Property crime skyrocketed. Poop covering the sidewalks. Homeless encampments with 100s of people, etc…. Thoughts?
I think that removing the consequences of drug use is a big part of the problem. Property crime can’t be prosecuted. Addicts get Narcan’d back to life after dozens of overdoses (a real thing). The NGO-homeless complex syphons billions of dollars to perpetuate homelessness.
How do you effectively discourage drug use without having it be illegal at some level?
Hi Plain,
The answer is simple! Taking drugs isn’t criminal; nor the selling to consenting adults. But if a person engages in crime – such as property crime – then they are criminal. That they may have been “on drugs” isn’t a mitigating factor. I am for harsh punishment of criminals, because that is how you deter crime. But I am at the same time adamant about not punishing people who aren’t criminals. This latter is easy to define. Is there a victim? Has someone been harmed? This includes harm done to someone’s property. If no harm has been done, then it is bizarre to speak of “crime” and wrong to punish it.
Why can’t property crimes be prosecuted? If they are not being prosecuted, this is a failure of the government, which – if it has any legitimate purpose at all – i fundamentally the protection of property.
Oregon has a failed government in many ways. Yes, they fail to prosecute much crime. Some of it is weak on crime policies, some because of activist judges, and some just due to incompetence. Oregon is a case study in bad government.
The dysfunctional government is both a blessing and a curse. You can’t rely on government to prosecute crimes, but they also have a hard time enforcing their own oppressive policies.
Hey Plainview,
Firstly, Oregon did not legalize drugs. They *decriminalized* small amounts of certain drugs for personal use. By doing so, they left the only source of certain drugs being criminal organizations. That’s why you have fentanyl being the most frequently encountered street drug these days. It’s also why no one knows what they’re getting. Fentanyl is disguised as MDMA and other drugs and even if you want an opioid, you can be sure of the dosage you’re getting. Thus the frequent overdoses.
The reason for the widespread appearance of fentanyl is due to the illegal drug trade. Drugs must be smuggled, so if you’re a smuggler, you want to carry the most doses per unit volume. Fentanyl was perfect for smuggling. Users *want* other things. They’d often much rather have Percocets or demerols or even heroin, morphine or codeine. But they get fentanyl because it’s easily synthesized and smuggled.
Had Oregon legalized all drugs, people could buy what they wanted and you wouldn’t see so many people being “Narcan’d back to life”. Criminals wouldn’t be receiving all the funds either.
Now, the rest of what you’re seeing isn’t really a drug problem. If it is difficult to prosecute a property crime, there is your problem. I wouldn’t fault someone for pissing on a tree if necessary, but shitting on the sidewalk is wantonly defiling property and unsanitary. There is no reason you shouldn’t prosecute such an act if done deliberately. Also, the shop-keeps of a commercial area might do well to fund a “public” bathroom…
But I heard of Oregon’s homeless problem here in Arizona long before this decriminalization experiment. Part of that is the “liberal” policies of feeding the bears. Also, find out-of-the-way places where the homeless can stay, perhaps. Kick ’em off the sidewalks. There’s nothing wrong with that.
Lastly, I’d swear the whole thing was done to highlight the spectacle of “This is what happens when you legalize drugs!!”. This gets people riled up with “Muh sidewalks!”, and they begin to call for “Crackdown!”. “Background check!”. “Regulate!.. Regulate!..”. Cue the “solutions”.
>Drugs must be smuggled
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSXKyHM133c
> They’d often much rather have Percocets
Requires a doctor’s prescription, since it is a narcotic.
My Mom was addicted to Percocet at the end of her life.
Reason? She refused knee surgery.
Alternative is addiction to a narcotic drug.
Oh, well.
Want narcotics?
Just say you are in unbearable pain.
One of the Snake People will be happy to get you addicted.
Morning, Adi!
I have a story that bears on this. You/others may recall I experienced a bad gout attack about five months ago. I was almost unable to walk because of the pain in both feet. A doctor I know (not one I see, just a guy I know) told me all about Allopurinol – which is a drug that supposedly alleviates gout by lowering uric acid levels in the blood. The thing is, the drug is forever and it has side effects. I evaluated the situation. I knew I had put on weight over the past three or four years; I was up to 232 pounds and had to go up one waist size because my pants no longer fit. I also ate too much of the wrong food. Processed food, fast food; also lots of sugary food. I cold turkey’d all of that, radically changing what I eat and dropped about 25 pounds. I feel great again and have no problems with gout.
Allopathic medicine is great of you have a broken leg. Much of the rest is symptom palliation.
My doctor mentioned Allopurinol also. I just take a bunch of Advil when I get a Gout attack. It’s cheap, works and is non addictive.
Eric –
You do need to keep an eye on your uric acid level.
What happens is, the uric acid can be supersaturated
https://study.com/learn/lesson/supersaturated-solution.html#:~:text=Some%20of%20the%20most%20common,carbonate%20that%20form%20stalactites%20and
without you having any symptoms. Then, something happens to “trigger” the excess amount (> equilibrium concentration) to fall out of solution, i.e. crystallize, which is a gout attack. The crystals are needle like, which is why it is painful. In time, your body will recover, perhaps by providing a protein coat over the uric acid crystals. BTDT a few times in my 50s, but have not been troubled by any further gout attacks in many years. Never took any meds, just eat sensibly. Good on ya for choosing that path.
That is/was another big problem and the source of the so-called “opioid” crisis.
People trusted their “doctors”.
Now, a guy like me learns to have some caution in trusting drug dealers on the street. Turns out, they can be very shifty! Strangely, probably less so than many doctors, and there were drug dealers that took their products and honor seriously, believe it or not.
But people were brought up on this idea that the medical profession could be trusted. Not so much anymore, however! The “snake people” and their media spokes-goons are baffled as to why people aren’t trusting their assertions about vaccines and other pharmaceuticals now. Sorry, you squandered peoples’ trust with Fauci and the Warp Speed Miracle.
…Also, nice song, Adi!
Here’s one back at ya. One of my favorites involving the smuggling of a different sort of contraband:
https://youtu.be/U0kCRbSyjmo?si=LYDWyoK-UBtcVKOY
“The Army on Monday identified the two American soldiers who were killed in Palmyra, Syria, over the weekend as Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar, 25, of Des Moines, Iowa and Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard, 29, of Marshalltown, Iowa. Both were members of the Iowa National Guard. ”
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Why the fuck are we in Syria? (israel) why do we have soldiers in a combat zone with no declaration of war by congress? (Israel)
Why does Trump allow this? (Israel)
Why does Iowa allow it’s State Militia to be stationed outside of Iowa in a foreign nation? (Money corruption, the Fed govt funds the Iowa Nat’l Guard and thus seized control of them)
Why doesn’t the fuckhead governor of Iowa tell the Federal Government to fuck off and keep their soldiers in Iowa?
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Those guard families just lost their fathers, the whole thing is a crime and all those who allowed this to happen should be hung by the neck until they are dead.
Trump should hang.
Congress should hang.
The Israeli lobby should hang.
The Gov. of Iowa should hang.
ZOG Amerika is completely fucked.
BTW, the soldiers themselves are responsible for signing up. If you volunteer for any military service when the evil ones control your nation, you are responsible also for serving evil for coin.
“tough titty said the kitty but the milk tastes good”
MAGAt Trump has his truth social icon as a flag on his face. He is no patriot. A real patriot does not get our nation in wars for Israel. Fuck Trump – he is completely fake poseur. Trump is a traitor and Zionist agent, and should resign before he gets us in worse trouble than we are already in. We can not have a blackmailed POTUS as our commander in chief.
Amen, Jack –
We may not have to worry about it because we may be rooting around in the cinders for some scraps to eat very soon. The maniacs are or seem to be determined to goad the Russians into nuking Western Europe – and then us.
“Pete Hegseth is facing accusations of being a potential war criminal due to his involvement in military strikes that allegedly ordered the killing of survivors, which critics argue could constitute a war crime. This has led to bipartisan inquiries in Congress regarding the legality of these actions.”
Imagine your fishing boat is blown out of the water by some US Navy missile. Everyone is dead, except you somehow survived and now you are clinging to a piece of the wreckage in the middle of the Gulf. Your life is doomed because the Sec. of the War is hell department doesn’t want any survivors. When a war crime is committed, you do not want any survivor testifying at a war crimes tribunal that you were out to catch fish, not run drugs.
What Maduro should do is round up a bunch of Amerikan ex patriots and put them on one of the those boats and let Trumpenstein and Hegseth take them out – to teach them a lesson.
Amen, Jack –
SS Col. Joachim Peiper, who commanded a regiment during the Battle of the Bulge, was held responsible – sentenced to death – after the war because his troops allegedly murdered POWs in cold blood. Whether they actually did is not the point; the point is this sort of thing was considered a war crime. Apparently, it is not when done by Americans.
Just because you are in war does not give you permission to commit murder of POWs or civilians. When the ‘narco’ boat was blown out of the water it is no longer a threat, thus to kill the survivors is a war crime. Of course the initial attack is a crime too:
1. you do not know what the boat is doing, you can stop and search … but not just attack
2. it is not illegal to carry drugs in waters outside of US law jurisdiction. transporting drugs is not a crime until you cross a jurisdiction line
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and like you say Eric, who in gov’t has the right to tell us what we can consume, this whole war on drugs is a war on us and our fundamental right to chose
What did one senator say to the other? A billion here, a billion there, pretty soon it adds up to real money.
“On 11 Dec 2025 Ukraine Dictator Volodymyr Zelensky’s friend and former chief of staff Andriy Yermak’s office was searched.
Investigators found $14 million in cash, data on bank transfers of $2.6 billion to offshore accounts, and a stash of passports in his name from the UK, Saint Kitts, and the Bahamas.”
When oh when is the looting of the US Treasury going to end?
Most people are unaware of the REAL reason Libya’s Ghaddafi had to be taken out.
Ghaddafi was about to push for the realignment of the petroleum energy sector by demanding that energy products be paid for in gold.
This would have upset the entire fiat currency market that the western world subscribes to and would have cut out the jewish middlemen out of the energy equation.
The USA could not allow that to happen.
Venezuela is next on the list…
>Ghaddafi was about to push for the realignment of the petroleum energy sector by demanding that energy products be paid for in gold.
Same story with Saddam Hussein.
If gold displaces petrodollars, U.S. gov’t, being deeply in debt, is in deep shit.
Exactly, which is why gold going vertically is a bad omen, because last time gold went vertical, in the late 1970s interest rates went to all time highs. All this prolifigate spending could come to a halt if the bond market reacts.
I’m upset with this bipartisan post-9/11 crap of labeling everyone that the government doesn’t like as a “terrorist.” A bunch of drug smugglers in the Caribbean are not “terrorists.” If you want to arrest them and seize their cargo and try them in court, fine. But you can’t just blow them out to the water based on an accusation without due process and defense, unless they’re armed and directly threatening you.
It is (was?) the basic American principle of due process, but we chucked it out the window at Guantanamo and by drone-striking hapless goatfuckers in Hiluxes on the other side of the planet. The retarded, obese American public couldn’t care less about due process as long as they have porn and football on the telescreen.
Of course it’s not just foreigners who are terrorists, if you have an AR and a 30-rd magazine you’re a “terrorist,” too. If you object to the U.S taxpayer-funded slaughter of children by Israel, you’re a “terrorist.”
It doesn’t matter which party is in power, everyone else is a “terrorist.” I call bullshit.
In truth, the ZOG is the biggest terrorist organization in the world.
>I call bullshit.
I agree.
Hi X,
How long before “ANTI-VAXXERS” & “CLIMATE DENIERS” are deemed TERRORISTS as well, if they haven’t already been deemed as such by the Biden regime?
That’s the new path to success, X. Laws and Constitution in your way? Not a problem. Anyone you don’t like is not a “terrorist” and everything is an “emergency”. POOF! All the stops are pulled.
(…*now” a terrorist…)
The reason why Fauci (or any number of others) has not been punished for his crimes against humanity is because not one member of humanity has deemed it worthy of their time and effort to do so.
He worked for government. He was part of the protected parasitic class. He played his part and was rewarded for it. Justice will not be sought from his people. Any justice he is due will be meted out by one of us, if at all.
He’ll most likely live a long life of pampered luxury, die, and then burn in Hell for all eternity.
Senators brace for another possible shutdown in January
‘Liberal Democrats in the Senate are fuming that Republicans blocked a proposal to extend Obamacare subsidies.
‘A member of the Senate Democratic Caucus said another government shutdown is possible if Republicans don’t agree to pass a package of regular spending bills known as the minibus by the end of next month.
‘If those bills stall, then the likelihood of a shutdown skyrockets, the lawmaker said. “Then that raises this interesting question. Do we shut down over health care or Venezuela or Epstein files not being delivered,” the senator warned.
‘The senator said that if Trump initiates a large-scale bombing campaign against Venezuela, the issue will become a flash point on Capitol Hill that could spur Democrats to oppose any government funding bill to get the White House to back down.’
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5647112-republicans-block-subsidy-extension/
Shut the sucker down … and impeach the wetback Cuban neocon dwarf, Rubio.
Agree Jim!
Shut it all down – Permanently!
Government spending and deficit -grew- by 10% during the “shutdown” YOY compared to 2024 and the IRS didn’t stop collecting withholding. How was that a shutdown? How much worse could have it been if it wasn’t “shutdown” then?
Amen, Dirty Harry –
The government never shuts down. It just pretends to. The difference is important.
Furthermore, the IRS has established plans to continue collecting taxes during times of emergency, including total societal collapse.
Priorities.
The Price of Liberty recently published an article about those boats that are getting blown up. It’s apparently legal to do so. Here’s the link:
https://thepriceofliberty.org/2025/12/12/the-law-of-the-sea-and-stateless-vessels/
Key point:
>4. Lethal force may be used when a vessel refuses lawful orders.
Blasting a vessel without warning does not fall in this category, it seems.
And killing the survivors has no justification whatsoever.
That is cold blooded murder.
The US Navy getting uncomfortable being called pirates? Change the laws to redefine piracy!
It’s not piracy when WE do it, silly!
Oooow .44 Magnum,
“Alex, I’ll take Pirates for $100”
What organization was founded on Nov 10, 1775 at Tun Tavern in Philadelphia with a charter to “Pirate…oops..ummm..form “boarding parties ”
and other assorted expeditionary tasks as assigned….
In order to “enforce…The Rules Based Order”?
You have that right, Adi. Just racking-up counts of Murder One like it’s a sport.
‘Many people support Trump’s terrorism as regards Venezuela.’ — eric
On January 29 this year, a US Army Blackhawk flying at the wrong altitude across the approach path to DCA killed 67 people when it collided with American Eagle 5342 from Wichita. Now Pete Hegseth’s asshole cowboys are it again:
‘The pilot of a JetBlue flight reported on Friday that he narrowly avoided colliding with a U.S. military aircraft over the Caribbean after an Air Force refueling tanker passed in front of the commercial plane without broadcasting its position, according to air traffic control radio communications.
“They don’t have their transponder turned on, it’s outrageous,” the JetBlue pilot told an air traffic controller, after identifying the type of plane he had encountered. “We almost had a midair collision up here.”
‘The radio transmissions detail the experience of JetBlue Flight 1112, bound for New York after leaving Curaçao, a small island in the southern Caribbean about 40 miles off the coast of Venezuela. Twenty minutes after takeoff, the aircraft suddenly leveled off midclimb, according to flight tracking data. On the radio, the JetBlue pilot said he was forced to stop the plane’s ascent to its cruising altitude to avoid a collision with the tanker.’ — NYT
https://archive.ph/bHP3G#selection-661.0-669.445
There’s one way to stop more US civilians getting killed by reckless US military pilots: shut down Donnie Trump’s terror operation in the Caribbean, and impeach Pete Hegseth. (Trump’s third impeachment will come in early 2027, after his Repugniclown majority in the House gets annihilated in the midterm election.)
Isn’t it interesting that the whole incident destroying American Eagle 5342 from Wichita disappeared from the news in less than 48 hours after the crash. It used to be when ANY commercial airline crash occurred it stayed in the news for MONTHS, including updates from the NTSB crash investigation, what was retrieved from the black box but in this case SILENCE. And the only screaming about the whole thing came from the usual “conservative” circle jerk blathering about the “DEI” helicopter polite. Talk about a BS “look, a squirrel!” distraction from the larger issue of WTF IS A MILITARY HELICOPTER DOING FLYING AROUND A COMMERICAL AIRPORT ANYWAY???
We have long passed the point of no return. The families of the crash should be suing the hell out of the US government but of course FedGov will never admit culpability FOR ANYTHING. TPTB hate you and want you dead.
There’s no magical way to divide up this airspace as commercial, that airspace as military. There’s only one enveloping thing around us called airspace.
Lot of airports are dual use, at least with National Guard and commercial. They’ve been successful is handling the aircraft traffic without killing each other for decades.
The problem is that the military and civilian worlds are growing so intentionally distinct. Military has a separate and parallel air traffic control so one hand doesn’t often know what the other is doing. It started slowly during the cold war but got supercharged post 9/11.
Protected classes of “heroes” and all. Don’t question, don’t criticize.
Mix in a healthy dash of incompetence with this built-in arrogance and you bake up a nice recipe for disasters like that A.E. 5342 vs Army aviation Blackhawk. The heroes in the Pentagon, CIA, FBI, increasingly your local police and fire except the “civilians” to bow in immediate subservience. They get pissed when you can’t defy the laws of physics to get out of their way fast enough.
The narco-terrorism thing is a red herring. There’s black gold in them thar jungles.
At this point Venezuela is a minor player in the drug trade. However, they might be seen as a threat to the big operations in Columbia, Peru and Bolivia that are part of the CIA’s drug running. Afghanistan was invaded because the Taliban shut down poppy production.
Keep something in mind, the money to be made in oil pales in comparison to the “off-the-books” cash that drugs provide. The IRS will dip into your profits from oil. With drugs it’s all yours.
>The IRS will dip into your profits from oil. With drugs it’s all yours.
CIA drug profits = CIA “black budget”
Neither Clowngress nor the U.S. public gets to know
a) where the money came from
b) how much there is
c) how it gets spent
Funny, Adi. A, b and c ought to apply to *us*, the citizens, rather than shadowy, subversive organizations that shouldn’t exist.