Category: Foreign Policy

  • Narco‑Terrorist Rhetoric, Oil‑Driven Reality

    Narco‑Terrorist Rhetoric, Oil‑Driven Reality

    Until recently, drug interdiction was the domain of law enforcement and the Coast Guard. Smugglers were treated as criminals, afforded due process. That changed on September 2, when the U.S. military carried out a strike on a boat off Venezuela’s coast, killing eleven passengers. In remarks and on his social media platform, Trump declared: “The…