"...the money that it makes as a result of the drug war." <-- That says it all. It reminds me of the 'Protection Rackets' the Mafia used/uses. Business owners pay the criminal thugs to protect them. Who are they protecting them from? The criminal thugs. Most governments, and especially the US, are little more than well-armed, and well-financed criminal organizations that operate under a pretty flag.
When I was a young man, things weren't quite this bad, or I should say, it wasn't as, in-your-face. The older I get the more their crimes, illusion and hypocrisy becomes evident.
Freedom and Justice for All
Yeah, right. You get just as much Freedom and Justice as you can afford.
It was more behind the scenese which begs the question why they ramped it up so much.
Is it b/c we have become more educated due to the Internet?