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“Wellenstein, a U.S. Army counterinsurgency expert, used to capitalize on a popular fear of terrorists and drug traffickers, thus mobilizing support for foreign intervention against regimes in Latin America that the CIA wanted taken out. Col…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Cocaine Death Squads and War on Terror Part 3 @ 37:45

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The Colonels Corner Cocaine Death Squads and War on Terror Part 3
▶ 37:14 The nation was embroiled in its paradoxical war on drugs. The Colombian state continued to target its political opponents under the umbrella of its authority to wage war on drugs with U.S. backing. Colombia's government was empowered by Rea…
The Colonels Corner Cocaine Death Squads and War on Terror Part 3
▶ 37:45 Wellenstein, a U.S. Army counterinsurgency expert, used to capitalize on a popular fear of terrorists and drug traffickers, thus mobilizing support for foreign intervention against regimes in Latin America that the CIA wanted taken out. Col…