{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/3dd76634-7b1c-45c2-a9cf-2f6f96d4e0b4/68cd6ae9203f72ea57086526?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The War On Terror on Drugs","description":"<p><strong>Listen to this episode commercial free at</strong><a href=\"https://angryplanetpod.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong> https://angryplanetpod.com</strong></a></p><p><br></p><p>On September 2, 2025 the United States escalated its decades long War on Drugs with a tactic borrowed from the War on Terror. It used a drone to blow up a boat it said was full of drugs then said the 11 people killed in the strike were terrorists.</p><p><br></p><p>Is this legal? Does that matter?</p><p><br></p><p>On this week’s Angry Planet, journalist Mike LaSusa of InSight Crime comes on the show to walk us through the ins and outs of America’s long-running War on Drugs and how War on Terror tactics are shaping the fight.</p><p><br></p><ul><li>What’s Tren de Aragua?</li><li>The real connections between Tren de Aragua and the government of Venezuela</li><li>Is this legal?</li><li>How America’s drug interdiction works</li><li>Does violence deter?</li><li>On narcoterrorism</li><li>Cartel as misnomer</li><li>Violence isn’t sustainable</li><li>“We don’t even know these people’s names.”</li><li>America’s partners in the War on Terror on Drugs</li><li>“Motivations matter.”</li><li>How do you solve a problem like illicit drugs?</li><li>How the Trump admin hurt its own cause in the drug war</li><li>Poppies in Afghanistan</li><li>Drug use as a moral failing</li><li>11 is a lot people for a drug boat</li><li>The Cartel of the Suns</li></ul><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://insightcrime.org/event/how-war-on-terror-tactics-could-change-the-fight-against-organized-crime/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">How War-on-Terror Tactics Could Change the Fight Against Organized Crime</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/us/trump-drug-boat-venezuela-strike.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Boat Suspected of Smuggling Drugs Is Said to Have Turned Before U.S. Attacked It</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://theintercept.com/2025/09/10/trump-venezuela-boat-attack-drone/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Rand Paul Reveals Venezuela Boat Attack Was a Drone Strike</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://insightcrime.org/investigations/tren-de-aragua-fact-fiction/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Tren de Aragua: Fact vs. Fiction</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://insightcrime.org/news/how-trumps-anti-money-laundering-rollback-could-help-latam-criminals/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">How Trump’s Anti-Money Laundering Rollback Could Help LatAm Criminals</a></p>","author_name":"Matthew Gault and Jason Fields"}