40 years? More distortion from
The Federalist which correctly presumes it's readers won't verify their spin.
The article cites
one operation in 1986.
According to the referenced PBS News report: Operation Blast Furnace
"Most (U.S. troops) provide logistical support."
The Bolivian army carried out the raids on cocaine processing centers.
There is no mention of the U.S. military bombing..... or killing Bolivian drug suspects. And the US military was there at the invitation of the Bolivan government.
More background:
In July 1986, under pressure to meet U.S.-imposed counternarcotics targets, Bolivia hosted the first major U.S. military commitment to the drug war. That operation – dubbed “Blast Furnace” – involved the use of six U.S. Black Hawk helicopters and their support personnel to ferry Bolivian police during raids on cocaine processing laboratories.(
10) Later, a similar mission, “Operation Snowcap,” deployed U.S. Army Special Forces and DEA personnel to provide paramilitary training, law enforcement planning, intelligence and advisory support for counterdrug raids on cocaine processing labs and airstrips in Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador. U.S. military personnel were confined to their bases, however, where they trained host country forces to take on joint operations with DEA agents.