They won’t be directly engaged in fighting, but the United States has committed to sending more trainers to Colombia, as part of an expected build-up of an operation against the growing cocaine production in the country.
Officials say that in recent years, Colombia has seen a three-fold increase in cocaine production. They are a major source of cocaine internationally, and the US has been backing Colombia’s fight against them for decades.
Some are saying this is related to the Trump Administration’s regime change push in Venezuela, as officials have tried to tie President Maduro to drug cartels, and have talked sending forces in the area to step up pressure on Venezuela.
Whether there is real connection between US-backed Colombia drug trade and Venezuela, which the US is openly hostile toward, is unclear. This may simply be an easy excuse to get more US trainers into the area.
“This may simply be an easy excuse to get more US trainers into the area.”
Right. And we had hundreds of thousands of “trainers” pass thru Iraq and Afghanistan.
they are there for positioning for when we decide to go in and get maduro. problem is he is never in venezuela. he seeks fine dining worldwide with that five million he pocketed from china to just allow them in to look around.
More BS from bootin buddin.
Mmm, I might be available for cocaine training this weekend…..
Good to know Trump will continue all the empires failed policies. For a minute there the establishment might have had a little worry, but between central planning of economy, drug war, and now social media, theethe has no need to worry bout the populism president bucking their socialist system.
Cocaine is a reliable cash crop for rural peasant communities. Leave them the f**k alone. People wanna eat and people wanna get high.