Those who know the history of Operation Northwoods know that the United States was already willing to kill its own and blame Cuba to justify a "clean" invasion before world public opinion. In 1962, the Pentagon proposed sinking ships, causing attacks and even destroying an unmanned plane disguised as a civilian to mount a story of "enemy attack" that would open the door to a total military operation against the island. That plan was not executed, but it remained as written proof that, when there is a strategic interest, Washington is able to fabricate pretexts, manipulate the media and turn the victim into an aggressor. in Venezuela, the story was recycled with another name and another enemy. The capture of Nicolás Maduro by US forces, with selective bombing and special commands, is presented as an act of justice and defense against "narcoterrorism", even if there is no authorization from the UN and the sovereignty of a country with the largest oil reserves in the world is fully violated. The official discourse repeats the formula: a demonized leader, a State pointed out as a threat and a military operation wrapped in the flag of democracy to hide geopolitical and energetic interests. And here comes in Mexico. For years, sectors in Washington and President Donald Trump himself have flirted with the idea of using the US army against Mexican cartels, even designating them as "terrorist organizations" to open the legal door to direct military operations. Options for attacks with drones, special commands, missiles against laboratories and "high-value targets" in Mexican territory have been seriously discussed, as if it were a new "war against the narco" but now managed from the Pentagon. That means that the script is ready: if tomorrow the White House decides that the cartels represent an "existential threat" to the United States, it can sell an intervention as an operation to "protect American families from fentanyl," exactly as it sold the capture of Maduro as a defense against a "narco-regime." What they prove today in Venezuela - lightning operations, selective attacks, regime change without asking permission from anyone - may be the dress rehearsal of what they try tomorrow in Mexico using the cartels as a perfect excuse. The risks have already been simulated by military analysts and study centers: they talk about attack plans, authorization to use force against cartels, troops and assets deployed near the border, an increase in surveillance flights and a discourse that normalizes treating Mexico as one more theater of war in the "war against drugs." To top it off, some Washington think tanks push to "militarize" the fight against the cartels and assume them as a military enemy, not just a criminal one, opening the door to justify raids, bombings and covert operations without the full endorsement of the Mexican government. Therefore, when talking about Northwoods and Venezuela, it must be said with all its letters: if the United States has already allowed itself to design false attacks against Cuba and today captures a foreign president with the flag of "narcoterrorism", tomorrow it can use the cartels to try to do the same with Mexico. If Mexico does not protect its sovereignty, expels operations out of control and stops depending on "security" made in the USA, it runs the real risk that the next "surgical" operation will not be in Caracas... but in Mexican territory, with the perfect pretext of the cartels and the same end as always: more war, more death and more external control over a country that should never have been treated as a security colony of any empire. Thanks for reading Totally Exposed! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. Thanks for reading Totally Exposed! This post is public so feel free to share it. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit totallyexposedbynavarro.substack.com
