Second Central American War
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The Second Central American War, also known as the Second South American War or "New Vietnam", was a conflict from 2003-2010 in which the US invaded Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. The war resulted in a disaster that cost thousands of American lives and left thousands of veterans that struggled back home. The Second Central American War took place on January 15th, 2003. The US invaded Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. The War was a complete disaster which cost thousands of...

GTFOH. Did Trump play the Cyberpunk game?

On hearing about the US going to war with Venezuela, I was like, I know I’ve read this somewhere seen-this-one

Of course, their war happened 20 years earlier. And we got none of the cool cyber tech.

The Second Central American War took place on January 15th, 2003. The US invaded Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. The War was a complete disaster which cost thousands of American lives. Eventually, the remainder of the Gang of Four is swept away on a wave of reform

With a modicum of civilian control and order returning to the United States, the Department of Defense and the Drug Enforcement Agency once again turned their attentions to the Central American problem. They were confident that their new military units, equipped with AV’s and the beginnings of cybersoldiery, could defeat the depleted forces of the South American drug lords. They legitimized the war by declaring that the drug lords were still a danger to the U.S. economy, despite the fact that the majority of drugs sold in the U.S. were purely artificial designer narcotics, manufactured domestically (“Buy American!”). It was universally recognized that the war was nothing less than a nearly naked land-grab to supply the U.S. with a captive resource base and a solid hold over the entire western hemisphere.

RE: the Gang of Four: (https://cyberpunk.fandom.com/wiki/Gang_of_Four)

Motivated by the desire to take over the USA from the weak and gullible President James Richard Allen, the Vice President conspired with the NSA to overthrow several countries in South America with the goal of expanding U.S. influence and taking control of food and raw materials (for their corporate clients).

The Gang brought the attorney general into the cabal to provide the justification for their acts of destabilization, accusing the targeted nations of supporting drug smugglers (thus involving the DEA) and external criminal/terrorist organizations (bringing in the FBI). The CIA was later brought into the plot to provide intel and black ops resources in exchange for a cut of the take. The CIA’s primary concern was the growing independence of the South and Central American nations. As these nations began to carve out their own economic paths, they threatened the lucrative captive markets of several powerful U.S.-based megacorps. In addition, the CIA had begun to employ rebel terrorist groups to destabilize hostile nations and keep “socialist forces” from gaining control.[1]