Word: noriega
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...that these last two good wars, effective as they may have been in imposing American policies, were not clean. When they happened, these wars killed people in horrible ways. After they happened, the wreckage of war continued to kill people in horrible ways. Obsessed with Iraqi atrocities and Manuel Noriega's wickedness, we fired on and forgot the civil societies next to the bunkers...
...GEORGE BUSH ponders new ways to remind Americans of his two favorite wars, as Pentagon hawks try vainly to parley "successes" into bigger appropriations for high tech weapons, Saddam Hussein remains in power; Kuwait's democratic elite enslaves Filipino servants; Manuel Noriega gets ready for his acquittal; and America's domestic problems go unchecked, too big, too complicated and too politically explosive for the President who brought us Just Cause and Desert Storm to manage...
...some twisted way, the wars were a way to prove that presidents could do anything, absolutely anything, for years, and then reverse themselves and send people off to kill and die for the new cause. Back Saddam for years against the Ayatollah and the Russians, back Noriega for years against the Russians, the Nicaraguans, the Cubans, (the Salvadorans, the Hondurans, the Costa Ricans--he'd do anything). Do it out in the open and then, when it comes time...
...Panama, the promised elections have still not been held, and when they are, the aristocrats led by Endara are sure to win. Noriega's political machine still exists, under new management, and with the same constituency, a constituency that doesn't want its leaders, but is nationalist enough to want to die rather than live under continued American occupation. Drug money still pours through the banks and keeps the place running on a shoestring. If not to prevent violence and totalitarianism, what were these wars...
Abedi made connections with power elites worldwide, from corporations like BankAmerica to officials like former President Jimmy Carter, whose charitable foundations received $10 million in donations. On its darker side, B.C.C.I. provided services for Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega, the Medellin cocaine cartel and terrorist organizations around the world. The most nefarious aspect of B.C.C.I. was its "black network," which engaged in terrorism, intimidation and paramilitary actions...