24 December 2024

A Man, A (Bad) Plan, A Canal, Panama

In 1989,  US forces invaded, conquered, and occupied Panama, replacing its pet dictator, Manuel Noriega with a new regime.  Then-president George H.W. Bush’s justifications for the invasion included protecting US citizens in Panama and prosecuting the ill-conceived and ill-fated US war on drugs. The more likely reason is that Noriega, after many years of obedient … Continue reading A Man, A (Bad) Plan, A Canal, Panama → - by Thomas L. Knapp


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