Word: noriegas
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...cold war, won a hot war, made a showy raid on Panama, brought down the yellow ribbons, brought on the victory parades. Unlike the Kennedys with Castro, Carter with Khomeini or Reagan with Gaddafi, Bush had got his man, the first tyrant to bother him -- he ran Noriega to ground in Panama's papal nunciature, tortured him with rock music and hauled him back home for trial. He did not finish off Saddam Hussein, but he kicked him out of Kuwait and rained rockets on his army at will...
...there is no place for subtlety, politesse and diplomatic code words in dealing with thugs such as those who are likely to replace Saddam. As in its vendettas against Castro, Gaddafi and Noriega, the U.S. has once again overpersonalized the problem in Iraq and oversimplified the solution. The issue is not just a dreadful man but a dreadful system...
...came to approving a plan to ease Fidel into a Prime Minister's job and ease out socialism at the October 1991 Party Congress. His reporting is solid and engrossing, especially on the Ochoa-De La Guardia drug scandal and Cuba's involvement with Panama's now deposed Manuel Noriega. Oppenheimer claims that Cuba was set to begin running Panama's intelligence apparatus just before the 1989 U.S. invasion. He also deals with Cuba's silent issue, the black majority who are not eager to see the white exiles of Miami return. Though he adds few fresh observations, he offers...
SENTENCED TO 40 YEARS in prison last week, General MANUEL NORIEGA is not likely to do his time in a country-club setting. But his co-conspirators are being rewarded with light sentences and various goodies for testifying against...
...promise you this: as I make mistakes, I will just say, "All right, I have made a serious mistake," and get it over with in one day. Who was in charge of antiterrorism? George Bush. Who created Noriega? George Bush. Who was in the middle of Iran-contra? George Bush. When Iran-contra came out, why didn't they just say he was in charge of antiterrorism? That's what Iran-contra was. Why didn't he just say, "Well, I blew that, right?" It's a one-day event...