It's one of the most common lefty talking points I see around but I was wondering what the best historical knowledge we have on the topic is. Any cool videos or articles you'd recommend?

  • ClathrateG [none/use name]
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    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Contra_affair

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Danilo_Bland%C3%B3n

    Nicaraguan born drug trafficker who is best known as one of the main subjects of the 1996 newspaper series "Dark Alliance" by reporter Gary Webb.

    markets in Nicaragua during the government of Anastasio Somoza. When the Somoza regime was overthrown in 1979, Blandón fled to the United States,[2] and then raised money for the Nicaraguan Democratic Force (FDN), a Contra group. As part of his fundraising activities Blandón began selling cocaine. Eventually Blandón became a major cocaine trafficker in the Los Angeles area.[3]

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Freeway%22_Rick_Ross

    A Nicaraguan exile and cocaine distributor named Danilo Blandón was acquainted with Arguellas and Corrales, and although he did not know him personally, was impressed with the amount of cocaine that Ross was moving. Blandón offered to supply cocaine to Corrales to sell to Ross, for a fifty-fifty split of the profit.[18] Eventually, Corrales lost his appetite for the cocaine business and retired, at which point Ross became a direct customer of Blandón.[19]

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Webb

    Webb was found dead in his Carmichael home on December 10, 2004, with two gunshot wounds to the head. His death was ruled a suicide

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIA_involvement_in_Contra_cocaine_trafficking

    Edit: that's for south america and coke, for SEA and smack check out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_America_(airline)

    Air America was an American passenger and cargo airline established in 1946 and covertly owned and operated by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from 1950 to 1976. It supplied and supported covert operations in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War, including providing support for drug smuggling in Laos.[1][2][3]