{
  "id": 12487,
  "url": "https://breakingdefense.com/2026/07/the-us-military-campaign-to-stop-drug-trafficking-has-failed-its-time-to-move-on",
  "title": "The US military campaign to stop drug trafficking has failed. It’s time to move on.",
  "summary": "The mission has not succeeded in its core goals, and it’s using up military manpower and munitions at a time when the US is stretched on both, writes Daniel R. DePetris.",
  "authors": "Daniel DePetris",
  "category": "news",
  "topics": "healthcare,military-security",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": null,
  "published_at": "2026-07-21T15:42:49.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-07-22T05:10:49.469Z",
  "source_slug": "x-breaking-defense-ai",
  "source_name": "Breaking Defense (AI)",
  "source_homepage": "https://breakingdefense.com",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/12487",
  "original_url": "https://breakingdefense.com/2026/07/the-us-military-campaign-to-stop-drug-trafficking-has-failed-its-time-to-move-on",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}