It’s time to rip off the band-aid, folks. The putrid stench of hypocrisy and manipulation underlying Trump’s bombastic announcement that the U.S. attacked a Venezuelan boat, killing 11 supposed 'gang members,' is enough to make anyone's stomach churn.

Trump, playing his favorite role of global cowboy, declared the vessel was transporting illegal narcotics through international waters to the U.S. A convenient story to flex America's military might, while dodging the hard truths about our own role in the drug epidemic.

Let's start by addressing the glaringly obvious: the U.S. government has a long and sordid history of meddling in Latin American affairs, often under the guise of a "war on drugs." But let’s call it what it really is – a war on people, sovereignty, and self-determination. A war that has led to nothing but devastation, violence, and the destabilization of entire nations.

And who really benefits from these power plays? Not the average American, who is left dealing with the fallout of a drug crisis fueled by our own pharmaceutical industry and unchecked capitalism. No, the real winners here are the arms dealers, the private security firms, the prison industrial complex, and the politicians who maintain their grip on power with a steady diet of fear-mongering and manufactured enemies.

Trump, the self-proclaimed 'law and order' president, and his cronies sell this attack as a victory against the drug trade. But let's not forget, this is the same administration that turned a blind eye to Big Pharma's role in the opioid crisis - a real-life American horror story that has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives.

The brutal truth is that our government has an addiction problem. But it's not narcotics they're hooked on – it's power, control, and imperialism. They'd rather wage war on distant shores than confront the systemic issues plaguing our society.

It's time to question the mainstream narratives that paint these military operations as necessary evils in our fight against illegal drugs. It’s time to ask why we are so quick to demonize foreign 'gang members,' but reluctant to hold our own corporate drug pushers accountable.

And let's address the elephant in the room. If this boat was indeed carrying illegal narcotics, it's because there's a market for it. A market fuelled by a country that medicates its pain, its poverty, its despair with a steady diet of legal and illegal drugs.

Who are we really killing when we attack these boats? It’s not just the alleged 'gang members.' It's the desperate, the hopeless, the forgotten - those driven into the arms of the drug trade by the very policies our country has inflicted upon them.

The latest episode of Trump’s narcos spectacle is not a story of victory against evil, but a tragic tale of failed policies, imperial arrogance, and a refusal to acknowledge the real roots of our drug problem. It's a distraction, designed to keep you focused on external threats while the real villains continue their work in the shadows.

So, let's stop glorifying these acts of violence and start demanding accountability, not just from foreign 'gang members,' but from our own leaders and corporations who perpetuate a system that breeds addiction, despair, and endless war.

We're better than this, America. We have to be. Or we risk becoming the very monsters we claim to fight against.