Costa Rican Govt Approves US Occupation/Thousands of US Troops to 'Fight Drugs'
bigron:
Costa Rican Govt Approves US Occupation
Thousands of US Troops to 'Fight Drugs'
by Jason Ditz, July 06, 2010
http://news.antiwar.com/2010/07/06/costa-rican-govt-approves-us-occupation/
In another example of the growing militarization of the war on drugs, the Costa Rican government has given the US permission to launch an invasion of up to 7,000 Marines, ostensibly to “fight drugs.”
The vote was extremely controversial in Costa Rica’s legislature, with several MPs arguing that it gave he US a “blank check” to occupy the nation and was a threat to its sovereignty. Costa Rica has had no military of its own since its abolition in 1948.
Preceded by decades of on-again, off-again violence, the lack of a military has actually served the nation quite well over the past 62 years, and Costa Rica is one of the few nations in Central America not to face any violent uprisings or brutal dictatorships. The nation even celerates a holiday, on December 1, called Military Abolition Day.
Indeed, it appears that the only reason the nation is in America’s sights at all is because it is geographically so narrow, and an occupation of it could provide a convenient choke-point for blocking drugs from South America reaching Mexico and eventually, the United States, by land.
Under the terms of the agreement, US troops “will enjoy freedom of movement and the right to carry out any activities needed to fulfill their mission.” In addition to the ground troops, the US will be deploying 46 warships and hundreds of helicopters.
Dig:
and all those people bought those time shares thinking they were escaping US imperialism
chris jones:
Systematic domination.
the war on drugs, BS, a cover for insurgency.
Jackson Holly:
Quote from: chris jones on July 07, 2010, 06:20:08 AM
Systematic domination.
the war on drugs, BS, a cover for insurgency.
+1. The spread of NWO cancer.
citizenx:
Yeah, to fight drugs, right.
Costa Rican Gov't Approves US Occcupation/Thousands of US Troops to 'Fight to Secure Drug Supply Lines for CIA'
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