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US gov will never allow it.


I have a suspicion that with the way the US has been behaving that several countries are going tell the US to get fucked.


Colombia, whatever the US government may think, is a sovereign entity. The US might apply pressure, but right now, the US isn't thinking about much beyond its own borders.


Yeah, the US don't have a history of attacking and destabilising other countries, especially in south america.


Amusingly, the US also has a history of shipping cocaine in military planes to fund their black-ops even when congress explicitly prohibits those operations.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Contra_affair

https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB2/index.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegations_of_CIA_drug_traffi...

If you think all that stuff is in the past, check out the US military defending poppy fields in Afghanistan.

https://www.mintpressnews.com/opioid-crisis-trump-troops-afg...

For a good rap by Killer Mike look no further than: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lIqNjC1RKU


Of course they do. I'm not saying there's no prior precedent for the United States to bully other countries.

What I'm saying is that at this moment, the US is highly distracted by internal problems, and is much less likely to respond than it would normally be.


I personally believe the CIA killed Gaitan back in 1948 starting the decades long civil conflict.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bogotazo


The US has shown itself willing to topple foreign governments (including in latin America) before. But perhaps they've learnt their lesson by now. It seems like the end of the War on Drugs is coming, even in the US.


What the US government thinks has a material impact on the world. Actions by Columbia absolutely increase their chances of landing on this list https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_involvement_in_r...


We're miles head and already banning straws.


do you realize the us has 7 military bases in columbia?


If US big bussiness makes a killing on weed in a year or two, US foreign policy will do a complete 180 by two more years after.




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