Friday, March 18, 2005
Is the drug war a cover for economic warfare?
This is from John Pilger. While one should never accept any reporter's assessment of a situation without independent confirmation, this rings true to me:
The war in Colombia is essentially over the control of resources in a deeply unequal society: the elite, especially the large landowners, control most of the wealth while the majority of the population lives in poverty. The basic role of the state is to marginalise the popular forces and ensure that Colombia's resources - notably oil - remain in the correct hands. [US andUK] strategy is to support this . . . The "war on drugs" is a cover.
Death squads linked to Colombian governments have been so successful in driving people off their farms that 76 per cent of the land is now controlled by an elite of less than 3 per cent of the population.
Thanks to Information Clearinghouse for bringing this to my attention
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