US Army begins military operation in South America

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Despite the coronavirus pandemic that threatens the lives of hundreds of thousands of Americans and actually knocked out a couple of U.S. Navy aircraft carriers, President Donald Trump decided to send his troops to Latin America for a massive anti-drug cartel operation.

The fight against drug trafficking is the right and necessary thing, but why now, when the whole world is gradually plunging into crisis and recession?



The Pentagon sent a fleet with the support of the Air Force to the countries of the Caribbean, through which drug trafficking is going to the USA. From the outside, it might seem like shooting a sparrow from a cannon, but the cartels are real quasi-states with their own armed forces, intelligence, and an extensive network of agents in law enforcement agencies and among corrupt officials. The opponent is serious, counting on the locals is very naive.

But why was it necessary to engage in such large-scale military operations now that the risk of spreading a dangerous infection is so great? There are at least two main versions, each of which has a right to exist.

Venezuela


This is not customary in the Russian media to talk about, but let's be honest: Venezuela, our partner in Latin America, is rich not only in oil, but also in drugs. Colombia, Bolivia, Peru and Venezuela have traditionally been centers for the cultivation of coca, from which cocaine and other potent substances are produced. From the countries of South America, through Mexico, drugs enter the United States and Europe.

Opponents of Caracas accuse the Venezuelan authorities of the fact that the local security forces openly "cover" drug dealers. For example, in 2013, a cargo of 31 suitcases packed with 1,3 tons of cocaine, accompanied by officers of the Venezuelan National Guard, was detained at an airport in Paris. The next year, an officer of the Venezuelan National Guard was arrested in Spain, in which there were 554 kilograms of cocaine.

Former head of the National Drug Enforcement Administration, Mildred Camero, claims that many government officials, including military personnel, are involved in drug trafficking in Venezuela. However, in fairness, Camero herself admits that no direct connection between the official Caracas and the cartels was found:

It has not been proven that the Venezuelan state is using drug money for preparation political campaigns or funding of national enterprises. Venezuela already has an oil rent ...

However, President Trump has already declared his colleague Nicolas Maduro a drug dealer and has announced a reward for his capture, completely ignoring such a legal category as the presumption of innocence. The sending of American troops to the borders of Venezuela under the pretext of a war with cartels could ultimately lead to a border conflict, and then an invasion of a sovereign state to overthrow a legally elected government.

However, the time for the demolition of the regime of Nicolas Maduro by force and the truth was chosen extremely unsuccessfully. So far, Trump’s decision looks like a sign of intent to put pressure on Caracas. The displacement of the Venezuelan president through another “color revolution” with a more realistic scenario.

Elections


There is a simpler explanation. US presidential elections are due in November. Due to the pandemic and the collapse of the healthcare system, voters have more and more complaints about the current government, which its political competitors will skillfully use. It is urgent to score points.

The basis of the electorate of Trump is the so-called “rust belt” of the United States: states where the population was left without work due to the withdrawal of industry abroad by the hands of globalists. For the unusual president in 2016, simple hard workers and rednecks who hoped for a change voted in the first place. According to statistics, it is white men from small towns belonging to the proletariat who are the main victims of drug overdoses, which does not come from a good life.

Active and demonstrative struggle with cartels may be Trump's attempt to regain popularity among voters on the eve of November.
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  1. -9
    April 4 2020 16: 04
    It is high time to apply the most effective measures to drug dealers - individuals and countries where the leadership in this way earns itself billions of dollars in this misfortune.
    1. +2
      April 4 2020 22: 12
      You don’t think anything. Read carefully about Pablo Escobar (or watch the movie - Narcos - American by the way). You will begin to understand a lot. Including the meaning of the entire drug trade towards the United States.
    2. +5
      April 5 2020 13: 17
      To enlighten the brain, one must recall the two Opium Wars of Great Britain against China. And to see who in the UK had (and has) the right of a final word on declaring war.
      And to think, if the drug lord densely and successfully sat down on the topic, would he abandon it voluntarily?
      Poppy was then grown in India, consumed a product in China, organized the cultivation, production and logistics of the East India Company. Grandmas were cut by the shareholders of this company. Are you sure Victoria was not a shareholder? And why did the heirs of the throne, going into the army, always looked into Afghanistan?
      And why did they create Kosovo? This is the US base, located in the gangster gadyushnikom, so it is not controlled by anyone (except the US security forces). And this base is a transshipment from Afghanistan to Europe and the USA. The goods are repacked from bales to boxes, as if for military equipment or weapons, and sent on.
      Drug is one of the most important sources of financing for all kinds of power structures of international financiers.
      USA against drugs - bees against honey. Trump is counting on a short victorious war. He needs some kind of positive before the election. But Venezuela has a good army. The US will not climb into a ground operation, as they won’t get out of there. There will be big losses. Vietnam is well remembered. Americans can fire rockets at the territory. The result - depending on how many electronic warfare and air defense systems we managed to get there.
      And your understanding of the problem is at the level of an average housewife.
    3. +1
      April 11 2020 08: 50
      Quote: Arkharov
      It’s high time to apply the most effective measures to drug traffickers - individuals and countries where the leadership in this way earns billions of dollars from this misfortune.

      I agree. You need to start with the impudent Saxons. It was they who first used their government agencies in the international drug trade. Great Britain even waged opium wars in China for the right to sell drugs in Chinese territory. During the Vietnam War, the Americans also ran into drugs using the army and its military transport aircraft.
  2. +4
    April 4 2020 16: 42
    Well, it is clear - Red dreams of a small victorious war that will write off all his miscalculations in the economy and unfulfilled promises to voters.
    1. +1
      April 11 2020 08: 53
      Quote: Wanderer039
      Well, it is clear - Red dreams of a small victorious war that will write off all his miscalculations in the economy and unfulfilled promises to voters.

      Why bother. Everything follows the pattern of how Reagan invaded Grenada in 1983.
  3. +8
    April 4 2020 17: 40
    Here, the Americans are not talking about any fight against drugs. This is so, the screen, in other words, the Americans want to take control of the spread of drugs and all. As they say, to direct traffic in the right direction or the right direction.
    Afghanistan vividly shows the "fight" of amers against drugs and drug trafficking. And so in this situation, the Americans put together, as they say, business with pleasure. Here and the elections in America, here and the alleged fight against drug trafficking, here and the overthrow of an unwanted regime, here all in one.
    1. +2
      April 11 2020 08: 57
      Quote: Cheburashk
      Here, the Americans are not talking about any fight against drugs. This is so, the screen, in other words, the Americans want to take control of the spread of drugs and all.

      Of course. So they did in Afghanistan, increasing the production of drugs in the country by 80 times. Cynicism and pragmatism, one might even say cynical pragmatism, are the criteria for selecting the American political elite.
  4. +2
    April 4 2020 18: 44
    So the hegemon is doing bad things.
    1. 0
      April 7 2020 13: 06
      They have been bad for him for many years. The first swallows were 89th. Specifically shook 2008. Globalists have not just removed the main production and finance from the United States. The Yankees are kept afloat artificially, including Russia. If they are abandoned, they will drag the whole world behind them.
  5. +1
    April 4 2020 22: 19
    The main ingredients of Coca-Cola were as follows: three parts of coca leaves (from the same leaves in 1859, Albert Niemann (German: Albert Niemann) isolated a special component (drug) and called it cocaine) on one part of tropical Cola nuts. The resulting drink was patented as a medicine for “disorders of the nervous system” [source not specified 1331 days] and began to be sold through a machine in Jacob’s largest city pharmacy in Atlanta. Pemberton also claimed that Coca-Cola heals impotence and that those who are addicted to morphine can go to it (Pemberton himself was not indifferent to morphine). Cocaine was not a prohibited substance at that time. Therefore, cocaine sold freely, and it was often added for pleasure and tone in drinks instead of alcohol - Coca-Cola was not a novelty in this.

    Wikipedia
    1. +2
      April 7 2020 13: 17
      Until 1925, cocaine in the USSR could be legally purchased at a pharmacy or from a tobacco tray.
  6. -5
    April 5 2020 02: 38
    For the curious:

    An accomplice in the Maduro drug trade case surrendered to the United States.
    March 28,2020

    https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/4307699

    28.03.2020, 07: 54

    The US Drug Enforcement Administration has detained retired Venezuelan Major General Antonio Alcalu Cordones in Colombia, Reuters, El Tiempo and the Associated Press report citing sources. He is accused of drug trafficking and terrorism. Major General is on trial in Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, who is accused of drug trafficking in the United States.
    Mr. Cordones voluntarily surrendered to the management and began to cooperate with the investigation, the agency claims. He waived the right to protest his extradition to the United States.

    So, the face of Camarad Maduro is in good fluff. His friends need to be very careful - their reputation would not be damaged ...
    1. +5
      April 5 2020 07: 38
      Saddam's collaboration with the Americans led to a loop, and drug production in Afghanistan under the Americans grew. Next time Quote Rain or Echo of Moscow))) they and Putin can become a drug lord ...
      1. -5
        April 5 2020 09: 47
        drug production in Afghanistan under the Americans grew

        It grew up when the USSR was there.
        1. +3
          April 5 2020 10: 42
          mor7dyou lie drowning in your lies monman even deeper. smile
          1. -5
            April 5 2020 10: 43
            mor7d, with your lies you drown cmonman even deeper

            This is not a lie, but pure uncomplicated truth.
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              1. -5
                April 5 2020 10: 51
                mor7d, you drown the cmonman even deeper with your pure unclouded "truth"

                I am very sorry, but ... it has nothing to do with the production of drugs in Afghanistan under the Soviet and American.
                1. 0
                  April 5 2020 11: 16
                  mor7dDo not reduce the greatness of the United States. monmanDo you know the statistics on drug production in Afghanistan?
            2. 0
              April 5 2020 17: 14
              From the newspaper Ukrainska Pravda?)
        2. +1
          April 5 2020 14: 31
          Proof
          Here on the growth of drugs in Afghanistan after 2001 is full of data.

          https://colonelcassad.livejournal.com/3810028.html

          Here is a generalization with reference to Western sources. Growth is impressive.
      2. -2
        April 5 2020 16: 34
        Next time Quote Rain or Echo of Moscow)))

        Next since you don’t read translated articles, but read the original - Spanish, English ... Quarantine is a very convenient time to study a foreign language, and knowing languages, you can avoid noodles on your ears.
        1. +3
          April 5 2020 17: 17
          And the original is often fake, ESPECIALLY in English!)
          1. -3
            April 5 2020 18: 24
            We, I and you, voluntarily, ourselves, choose for ourselves which media to believe and which not. Only in many countries, including the United States, is there a law prohibiting the right to have their own media. It is connected with the fact that the right, with the money of the taxpayer, will be engaged in the propaganda of their ideas, with which not all taxpayers agree.
            If you live in Russia, you pay taxes, then for your money you don’t agree with the state. The media is simply stupid, otherwise there will be “internal discomfort” ....
        2. +2
          April 5 2020 19: 31
          monman, read those media that objectively reflect the events, this is what is the main criterion for choosing the media.

          Your nonsense, do not read the information in your native language, only in order to successfully export your lies to other countries.

          PS Do you disagree with Trump that your media are enemies of the people?
      3. -1
        April 5 2020 20: 27
        I don’t know what about Putin, but the whole world knows that the top of the Russian Foreign Ministry, headed by Lavrov, is involved in the supply of cocaine. As an example - an incident with cocaine from Argentina, which could not be repaid in the bud.
    2. +2
      April 5 2020 08: 19
      monman, this is not the first country you came to put on your knees. I am surprised at your behavior. Instead of burning with shame, you lie that you came not to rob, but to restore order.
      In the United States legalized marijuana, you, as a citizen of this country, share information, what is the income from this profitable business?
      By conquering America, you have already brought freedom to its people. Tell us how Indians live in your country?
      1. -6
        April 5 2020 09: 49
        Instead of burning with shame, you lie that you came not to rob, but to restore order

        You do not burn with shame. In the past few years, how many millions have you killed in Georgia, Ukraine, Syria? And after that, should someone burn with shame? Begin with yourself.
        1. +1
          April 5 2020 10: 33
          mor7d
          ... it's good that you appeared. Otmazyvat master came?

          monmanHave you heard the question? How many people died in your fault in Georgia, Ukraine, Serbia, Syria?
          1. -3
            April 5 2020 10: 35
            isofat , you didn’t go anywhere;
            1. +2
              April 5 2020 10: 55
              mor7d, Russia is a self-sufficient state. Many came to boss.
              Israel is indebted to Russia.
              1. -3
                April 5 2020 10: 57
                mor7d, Russia is a self-sufficient state. Many came to boss.
                Israel is indebted to Russia

                isofat I don't see any connection between the three sentences. As the saying goes - "there is an elder in the garden, and in Kiev there is an uncle."
                1. +1
                  April 5 2020 11: 05
                  Quote: mor7d
                  isofat I do not see the connection between the three sentences.

                  mor7dIt’s hard for you.
                2. -1
                  April 5 2020 17: 21
                  Elderberry, whom was Natsik killed in Kiev? You need to understand that?
        2. +2
          April 5 2020 14: 32
          How many? Proof Or fuck off.
  7. -1
    April 5 2020 07: 29
    Quote: cmonman
    So, the face of Camarad Maduro is in good fluff. His friends need to be very careful - their reputation would not be damaged ...

    Well, this is a double edged sword. The United States is friends with the authorities of Colombia, but it’s also a no brainer that without their protection, the cartels would not have grown so much. The region, to put it mildly, is specific.
    1. +1
      April 6 2020 00: 05
      The region, to put it mildly, is specific.

      That's why drug trafficking is intercepted on water, and not on land. In the jungle, this is almost impossible.
  8. -1
    April 5 2020 07: 33
    Quote: Arkharov
    It is high time to apply the most effective measures to drug dealers - individuals and countries where the leadership in this way earns itself billions of dollars in this misfortune.

    It is necessary. But first, it’s worth summing up the results of similar activities by the US military in Afghanistan. Have you done it successfully?
    1. -5
      April 5 2020 09: 45
      But first, it’s worth summing up the results of similar activities.

      Here it is necessary to investigate the activities of the USSR military in Afghanistan. If you already be objective.
      1. +3
        April 5 2020 15: 53
        If you already be objective.

        It is necessary to investigate the legitimacy of the actions of Columbus and his expedition. good
    2. 0
      April 6 2020 16: 44
      Quote: Marzhetsky
      It is necessary. But first, it’s worth summing up the results of similar activities by the US military in Afghanistan. Have you done it successfully?

      My respect to Mr Marzhecki. hi
      Of course successfully. Afghanistan is now a world leader in opiate production.
  9. +3
    April 5 2020 07: 55
    Quote: Dear couch expert.
    You don’t think anything. Read carefully about Pablo Escobar (or watch the movie - Narcos - American by the way). You will begin to understand a lot. Including, and the meaning of the entire drug trade in the direction of the United States.

    In addition, drug trafficking from Venezuela is 5-6 times lower than Guatemala and Honduras, where US manual presidents are planted. Exclusively oil.
  10. -4
    April 5 2020 08: 46
    “As part of the current operation, the Bolivarian Shield, I ordered the mobilization of artillery pieces to prepare for the struggle for peace"Said Maduro during a meeting with ministers in Caracas, El Tiempo reports.

    Maduro made an announcement on the mobilization of artillery several days after US President Donald Trump announced the operation of 22 countries against drug cartels. According to him, for her the United States will attract additional warships, planes and helicopters, and the participants in the operation will be equipped with personal protective equipment.

    Pentagon chief Marc Esper, in turn, said the corrupt people he compared to Maduro’s regime “rely on the benefits of selling drugs to maintain their repressive power.” He noted that control will be strengthened in the region of the eastern coast of the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. Reuters, citing an American official and sources familiar with the situation, said the US would deploy warships closer to Venezuela.

    https://www.rbc.ru/politics/04/04/2020/5e87ffdb9a79475a517e157c

    The United States said that Maduro has been one of the leaders in the Cartel de Los Soles drug cartel (Cartel of Suns) since at least 1999. According to the Justice Ministry, Maduro and his associates have been collaborating with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) for 20 years, which is why “tons of cocaine infiltrated” into the United States. The US Department of Justice estimates that more than 250 tons of cocaine are smuggled from Venezuela to the United States annually.

    In 2015, a video was published where Maduro’s son is being showered with dollars from the rain at a wedding - at that time, the country had to reduce imports due to a lack of currency. In November, two nephews of Maduro's wife, lawyer and politician Cilia Flores, appeared before a New York court on charges of drug smuggling. In 2016, they were sentenced to 18 years in prison in the United States on charges of drug trafficking. According to investigators, they were the organizers of the supply of about 800 kilograms of cocaine to the United States.

    1. +2
      April 5 2020 10: 32
      And the United States said that there are chemical weapons in Iraq. Found ???
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  12. -1
    April 5 2020 08: 50
    And in Afghanistan they will bomb themselves?
    1. -4
      April 5 2020 09: 43
      And in Afghanistan they will bomb themselves?

      Want to participate in this?
  13. -3
    April 5 2020 09: 34
    The fight against drug trafficking is the right and necessary thing.
    1. -4
      April 5 2020 09: 49
      Here, for some reason, some have the opposite of hatred? It brings up bad thoughts ....
      1. -4
        April 5 2020 09: 58
        Here for some

        Here, some are ready to defend any drug dealer, if only to annoy America or, at worst, Ukraine.
        1. 0
          April 5 2020 17: 37
          And what is the relationship between Ukrainians and South American drug dealers?
    2. -1
      April 5 2020 12: 44
      Yeah, bees versus honey.
    3. +2
      April 5 2020 17: 35
      But what about the fact that: Demand dictates supply? Maybe amers first "new man" to educate? You look, and the poor "Latins" had nowhere to sell their goods. And by the way, since you all know, don’t you remind who made these countries poor? And why do Americans have so much money that they can afford to consume tons of cocaine? And does it not make you think that there is any direct or indirect connection between these things?
      1. -1
        April 6 2020 09: 38
        Maybe amers first "new man" to educate?

        Do you want to say that you brought up a "new person"? Is this what I see, is it a “new person”?
  14. 69
    +1
    April 5 2020 14: 21
    No one starts a military operation during a "global pandemic", unless, of course, this "pandemic" is fake, to divert attention from something more serious.
    1. 0
      April 5 2020 17: 39
      A pandemic can aggravate the onset of the global economic crisis, and that in turn can lead to the Great Depression, so this not only led to a military operation, but also to world wars.
  15. 0
    April 5 2020 15: 30
    Yes, what drug cartels, I suppose Putin leaked Venezuela and its leader Maduro Donald Trump, in exchange for raising oil prices and reconciliation with the Arabs. Therefore, Rosneft left there instantly. Now our American friends will kiss the country like Libya, and Maduro will follow the path of Gaddafi.
    World games, exchanges, geopolitics, that's all, bless you ...)))
    1. 0
      April 5 2020 17: 43
      There is also a "Vietnamese version." Anything has happened already. Yes, Afghanistan didn’t succeed in anything to Amer.
  16. -4
    April 5 2020 16: 58
    Venezuela had its first victory: about 13 nautical miles from La Tortuga Island, the Venezuelan warship Naiguata, with unclear motives, tried to ram the RCGS Resolute cruise ship, which was drifting in the Caribbean during engine maintenance.
    RCGS Resolute was flying the flag of Portugal. The liner was intended for cruises to the shores of Antarctica, so the ship has a reinforced ice class.
    Venezuelan sailors bravely decided to go to the rams of the RCGS Resolute. As a result, the Resolute received minor damage, and the Niigata patrol ship successfully sank. All crew members were saved by the RCGS Resolute crew.
    1. +1
      April 5 2020 18: 10
      What are you pumping nonsense here? The collision of the German ship with the Venezuelan patrol ship was not special. Venezuelans, following their patrol route, demanded that the liner change course towards the island of Isla de Margarita, as it was approaching the border of neutral and Venezuelan waters (rather than drifting - where did you get this ??). While the captain of the liner, instead of following the instructions, tried to clarify the reason, a collision occurred. So it’s better not to look for any politics here. The captain of the German liner notified the Venezuelan rescue service, they arrived and took the crew of the patrol ship. The liner continued on its route. So, do not write your “Ukrainian gag” here.
      1. -1
        April 5 2020 18: 23
        Quote: Dear sofa expert.
        where did you get this?

        From a training manual he took.
      2. -2
        April 5 2020 20: 07
        Do not make me laugh. Firstly, the Portuguese liner. He did not enter territorial waters. And want to say, the collision was not special? !!! It was a deliberate ram, and these and .... you even managed to shoot it from a machine gun for some reason, there is a video until you ran into it yourself and throwing all your guns, with wild cries, rushed in all directions.
        Look at:

        https://topwar.ru/169826-pojavilos-video-stolknovenija-korablja-vms-venesujely-s-kruiznym-lajnerom-morjaki-otkryvali-ogon.html

        Straight Trafalgar battle !!!
        1. 0
          April 6 2020 09: 24
          Quote: Arkharov
          It was a deliberate ram, and these and .... you even managed to shoot it from a machine gun for some reason, there is a video until you ran into it yourself and throwing all your guns, with wild cries, rushed in all directions.

          1. 0
            April 6 2020 09: 32
            Are you talking to yourself? Look, useful and very instructive. The followers of Che Guevara and Simon Bolivar did not suspect that there were ice class ships.

            https://twitter.com/ConflictsW/status/1246520629760843780
            1. 0
              12 July 2020 09: 05
              What for? For these ... and enough anchors.

              1. 0
                12 July 2020 09: 12
                Add an extended video.

  17. +1
    April 6 2020 12: 16
    It’s time, at the same time, grab the busman on the way back .. and then this clown sat up.
    1. +1
      12 July 2020 09: 10
      "Slavyanka" them, Svidomo ......

  18. -1
    April 7 2020 10: 37
    The 160s in Venezuela, Trump has not yet been instructed?
  19. +1
    April 7 2020 19: 15
    No wonder Trump accused Maduro of drug trafficking.
  20. +1
    April 23 2020 01: 04
    After the US military arrived in Afghanistan, the area under cultivation of opium poppy increased tenfold !!
    Is it time to bomb?