US announces 'Southern Spear' mission as forces deploy to South America (aljazeera.com)

The TL;DR:

> “Today, I’m announcing Operation SOUTHERN SPEAR. Led by Joint Task Force Southern Spear and @SOUTHCOM, this mission defends our Homeland, removes narco-terrorists from our Hemisphere, and secures our Homeland from the drugs that are killing our people,” Hegseth said in a post on X.

Drugs don't cause crime. Money does. Where's the war on money?

“You follow drugs, you get drug addicts and drug dealers. But you start to follow the money, and you don't know where the fuck it's gonna take you.”

-The Wire