Regarding Gaviria

Regarding Gaviria, this is the most important difference between the drug wars of Colombia and the Philippines:

It was the Americans, specifically the CIA, who went after the cartels and brought down Pablo Escobar. The Colombian government stood idly by, because it was severely compromised and even a direct beneficiary of the cartels.

And the Americans went after Escobar and the other narcos because Colombia was already "mainlining" the addicts in the US with the cocaine it was producing. The coca blizzard was engulfing the US and Washington had to act.

Our drug war is homegrown and intended to protect Filipinos. If we started exporting shabu to Americans, then they could, conceivably, fight our drug war for us.

So yes, Gaviria is an idiot.

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