inddeed <:pepelaugh:544857300179877898>

really just in south america and the sandlands

but part of that is theres a lack of suitable candidates on-hand, and the hope is that at least this dictator won't work with the russians

Meanwhile California allows all russians to vote in their elections <:pepelaugh:544857300179877898>

other part is a lot of these dictators were warlords or have private armies of some sorts, which means that you already get troops stationed in working for you, instead of against you

And usually a business of some kind

either a business or tithes, yeah

Business that is often also favourable for the US somehow so that dictator becomes temporarily untouchable

man

do you smell gasoline here?

Regardless how much of a dicktator he may be

right

often its because they give them good deals

and we're buyin

oil or cocaine

Cocaine any day

also *somewhat better* for pr

so we look less like conquerors

even if we'd be doing a better job

unless they're Essential Oils™

that shit is magical

I laughed so hard when the customs seized tons of cocaine and then CIA were like "wait, that was ours"

it does some work to keep china and the left off our ass

@Uksio where

A few years ago

link

link

link

google it

no u

nay

thou

I can't find it.
Will ask the guy who linked it before

we need to give riot squads flamethrowers

He is a gunsmith who works with the feds, he sometimes has some of the most obscure stuff on hand

CIA is buying cocaine routinely for "mission purposes"
And that is not a secret since 1980 contra controversy

Only we will never know what kind of "mission" are they on

either diplomacy, or snuffing out cartels

probably

funny is that they ship it on your usual ships, in the open, tight into the US ports