Woke up this afternoon to open the New York Times and read some news that is both surprising, terrifying -- but also, perhaps, a bit expected:
The Chinamen, it turns out, have built a secret Space Station down in Argentina. The Times explains to us that, one day, "like in the world of 2049", it could possibly become a military base.
How did this happen? Doesn't anyone realize that Latin America is literally the "backyard" of the United States? (Or perhaps you could say we are its backyard...).
No. I don't think anyone does realize, and as I read my way through the long article published this morning, all I could think was that, none of this would have happened, if only the Americans had done what was supposed to happen a long time ago, and end the fucking War on Drugs. But because they could not do that, this is what we have to deal with now. The article itself, 3 quarters of the way into it, confirmed that this really was the primary cause. Note the following:
While President Barack Obama was widely hailed in the region [Latin America] for restoring relations with Cuba in late 2014, Washington’s agenda never ceased being dominated by two issues that have long generated resentment in Latin America: the war on drugs and illegal immigration.
In other words, we have been completely blind to Latin America, as I have always written we have been, and the only reason we are blind to it, is exactly the same reason we should be concerned: They are our neighbors on the American continent! And now there is a damn potential Chinese military base on our continent, and its all because the Drug War. Because, instead of help Latin America, we just kept waging a literal war on it -- a literal fucking war --- and they are broke because of this war, and do you know how easy it is to buy broke people and broke nations? Very easy.
The entire article reads more like a guide on how to wine, dine, and make poor people feel important (which is what the Chinamen did) than anything else. One is only as strong as ones weakest link. South America, thanks almost entirely to the war on drugs at this point, is a clearly identifiable weak link for our continent. Now the Chinese have a military base on it.
It said the Pentagon was "taken aback" or "shocked" or something like that. My only question is ...how? If even I, 5-6 years ago, was able to see that Latin America was a vulnerable region, thanks to endless abuse, how did not the Pentagon? Does that make any sense? A 22 year old pothead was able to see it and the Pentagon no? Latin America has so much potential as both friend, lover, and neighbor, for the USA. Now, how can we know where their allegiances might lie come the future? Perhaps all of Latin America will be turned into nothing more than a Chinese military center...this will merely be the first base of many to come...we will be dealing with a land invasion coming up thru Mexico...and it won't be Mexicans....it'll be Chinese... .
This part also didn't sound too good, from a US point of view:
The contacts have paved the way for China to start selling military equipment in Latin America, which had long regarded the United States defense industry as the gold standard, said Mr. Ellis, the War College scholar.
Venezuela has spent hundreds of millions on Chinese arms and matériel in recent years. Bolivia has bought tens of millions of dollars’ worth of Chinese aircraft. Argentina and Peru have signed smaller deals.
Mr. Ellis said the Chinese had also probably pursued cooperation relationships with Latin American nations, with an eye toward any possible confrontation with the United States.
This doesn't sound like its going to be a very good time.
Seems the War on Drugs has now officially destroyed something else. Thank you war on drugs!
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