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I was going to guess they were thinking of the CIA's "Golden Triangle", which operated similarly and makes a narratively nice "turnabout is fair play" argument[

I was going to guess they were thinking of the CIA's "Golden Triangle", which operated similarly and makes a narratively nice "turnabout is fair play" argument[1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegations_of_CIA_drug_trafficking#Golden_Triangle_(Southeast_Asia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegations_of_CIA_drug_traffi...

joe_the_user 4y ago
As the OP says, every state has been doing this stuff since forever. The US has had maintain a certain "better than that" image at times but states have managed their images for a long time too.