because we have to be

mindin' EVERYBODY'S bid-nez but our own

here we have the cia who has never NOT been active in central and south america. they've helped despots, they've trained mercenaries, they've well, they've done things that were NOT very nice


CIA helped shoot down 15 planes in 'drug war,' often without warning
John Byrne
The CIA's clandestine role in Latin American politics continues.

With the help of CIA spotters, the Peruvian air force shot down 15 small civilian aircraft between 1995 and 2001, ostensibly as part of the US-abetted war on drugs, the ranking Republican on the House Intelligence Committee revealed Thursday. Many of the shoot-downs were made without warning within two to three minutes of the planes being detected.

Michigan Rep. Pete Hoekstra, who disclosed the program, was the first to confirm the number of planes shot down in the CIA led "Airbridge Denial Program," which sought to derail the narcotic trade but also claimed the life of an American missionary from Michigan and her daughter in 2001......

and here we are in africa (are we helping stop the rapes, stop the recruitment of child soldiers, feed the hungry? NOPE)
U.S. Helps African States Fend Off Islamists
By ERIC SCHMITT
KATI, Mali — Thousands of miles from the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan, another side of America’s fight against terrorism is unfolding in this remote corner of West Africa. American Green Berets are training African armies to guard their borders and patrol vast desolate expanses against infiltration by Al Qaeda’s militants, so the United States does not have to. .....