Panama Invasion - for snjmom
From another thread:Quote:Sher to Zakalwe:Now, if you ever want to discuss the invasion of Panama, there I can give you details.Snjmom:I would love to hear those details. I heard someone throw out a...
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Quote:What kind of damage was done to the infrastructure and the civilian population? Thousands of civilians were killed, and the material damage was huge. A few popular residential neighborhoods were...
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Interesting thing I learned today. Apparently when the Panama Canal Zone was returned to Panamanian rule, hundreds of Americans moved back to America. But instead of moving and reassimilating into our...
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Are those communities in Florida, Rory?One thing I know is that they very much miss the Canal Zone. They have a website with 100s of cool...
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Yeah, I know at least one of them is near Miami. My foriegn policy professor has a student who is doing his dissertation research on one of them there. Care to share the link of pictures? I'm curious,...
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www.czbrats.comThese pics were found by Dan Rowden, and he shared them with us in the FP chatroom. I think you were there that day.Quote:I'm curious, do you know if they were forcibly kicked out or if...
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yes, I believe that I was, however I had lost track of the link.Thanks.---------------------------------------------------You can't take the skies from me
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Sher, a couple of things:"(1) They were both sovereign countries that were at the time led by US-created dictators that had stopped being useful to the USA. In fact, they had become downright arrogant...
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I guess my last question would be, has the government that replaced Noriega better, worse or just more of the same?Danny, Saddam was very useful to the USA in the 80's as a proxy against Iran. I think...
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Danny,Quote:Those are home grown despots, neither useful at all to the USA everDanny, you either have got to be kidding, in denial or are totally ignorant of what the USA does. Noriega and Saddam were...
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Quote:I guess my last question would be, has the government that replaced Noriega better, worse or just more of the same?It's definitely better. The Prez that replaced Noriega was pretty damn stupid,...
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....Never mind, I mis understood you as saying Fidel and Chavez were American despots.....Featuring Real Fruitlike Filling
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Quote:....Never mind, I mis understood you as saying Fidel and Chavez were American despots..... Oh no, those guys were definitely not. They have never been bought by the USA, which btw, is exactly...
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Quote:It's definitely better. The Prez that replaced Noriega was pretty damn stupid, but at least we could vote him out when the next elections came.Thanks, thats good to know. Security is one of...
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No it was not a waste, people who may not have known, now know your good reasons for hating Noreiga.Featuring Real Fruitlike Filling
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snjmom,Quote:Thanks, thats good to know. Security is one of those eternal questions, isn't it?Yes, and it is one of those things where I feel that a trade-off is involved: more security often comes at...
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Well of course I know the story of the good general, but what of Hugo Spadafora? I have not heard of him.Featuring Real Fruitlike Filling
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Danny, one Hugo story coming up.The following comes from here: www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/gilboa.htmDr. Hugo Spadafora was a physician but also a romantic revolutionary, a guerrilla fighter, and a...
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Quote:Damn, I wrote that whole rant on Noriega over a misunderstanding? What a waste of time!Definitely not a waste of time. I find it a good read, and I learnt things about Panama.
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Wow, what a waste of a talent. And by an obvious buffoon like Noreiga too. You mention the DEA, and most people here, while aware of some of their screwed up operations, are not nearly as distrusted...
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