Downfall of Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega

This is a short clip about the US coup that ended the reign of Panama's strongman Manuel Noriega.

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[spudmustang]

Although the US obviously wasn't purely motivated by protecting freedom and democracy, taking Noriega out of office was beneficial to the Panamanian people. Noriega refused to honor the democratic process in the elections of 1989. He was involved in drug smuggling, racketeering, money-laundering, and murder. His Dignity Battalions suppressed peaceful protests with extreme violence. Noriega was bad for everyone, and anyone thinks that leaving him in power was a better option needs to study more.

[Dogmeat1950]

@Tampabay33569 um wrong. the Canal is very important, that man was a a huge threat to the worlds trade lanes.

[Hperman09]

@miack84 Try to ask the people of Panama, they would disagree with your statement(only except the ones that the U.S. killed during the invasion). Many of them welcomed the intervention by the U.S. to depose Noreiga even though it's a mess but guess what, it's in a better place. The middle east is a different story. That whole region is nothing but a quagmire. The U.S. police the world that no other country can do.

[panalive100]

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[miack84]

Even though the US installed these dictators. Eventually the states cleans up the messes before it effects it (with the exception of Bin Laden). Quite honestly the US is terrible at policing the world. The US seems to go in a country and leave it in the same shape but with a different face. I'm a terrible critic of the US Govt. But not its people. If the US Govt reflected the desires of its people, we wouldn't have these messes. Freedom and democracy should only be shared with the willing.

[sean92able]

@AndyStreetBoy yeah lol

[spudmustang]

@Ortheos2006 I agree that the U.S. government's motives, when it is engaged in international debacles, have less to do with promoting democracy than ensuring pro-American policies. But we're not talking about Chile. Or Vietnam. Or Iraq. We talking about Panama. And the simple fact is that Noriega was bad for individual rights and the democratic process in Panama. Leaving him in power would have been bad for Panamanians as well as the interests of the many nations that do business in Panama.

[Ortheos2006]

@spudmustang

Offset by the fact that the Us installed brutal dictatorships in other nations, in south americas case chile is a fine example.

It had NOTHINg to do with protecting freedom and democracy, all about another regime change/puppet installation.

[AndyStreetBoy]

@sean92able rick ross ?

[MobileConnects]

The US is always using people like Noriega for their so-called interests and then dump them when they are useless. Other examples are Shah of Iran, Marcos of Philippines, Zia of Pakistan and so on.

The next one in line is the president Karzai of Afghanistan. Shame on those pity leaders and their masters, Uncle Sam!

[sean92able]

EVERYDAY IM HUSTLIN' $_$