President Trump laid the legal groundwork for war and/or covert action against Venezuela on the basis that the Maduro regime is part of the “Cartel de los Soles.” As the New York Times reports, however, no such organization exists. It’s a derisive term invented by Venezuelan journalists to describe the corrupt generals—those with stars on their uniforms—who traffic drugs.
Cartel of the Imagination
Ted Rall
Ted Rall is a syndicated political cartoonist for Andrews McMeel Syndication and WhoWhatWhy.org and Counterpoint. He is a contributor to Centerclip and co-host of "The TMI Show" talk show. He is a graphic novelist and author of many books of art and prose, and an occasional war correspondent. He is, recently, the author of the graphic novel "2024: Revisited."
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….but even the DEA admits, or admitted until they tossed it down the memory hole, that the share of drug smuggling that moves through Venezuela is insignificant, and that the amount of drugs originating in Venezuela is zero. The Trump regime has taken Dick Cheney’s “we create reality” maxim to a whole new level.
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Wait, wars are started on false pretexts? Well, I am just shocked.