?The Panama Deception? wmv

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?The Panama Deception? wmv: The Untold Story of the December 1989 U.S. Invasion of Panama American imperialism at its best! DemocracyNow.org aired excerpts of this Oscar winning documentary which uncovers the hidden reasons for the attack. The film examines how the Bush-Cheney-Powell team used Panama to prepare for the future Iraq invasions. On December 19, 1989, U.S. troops invaded Panama with the stated purpose of ousting the man the media loved to hate, General Manuel Noriega. Noriega was once a close ally to Washington and was once on the CIA payroll. After 1986, Noriega?s relationship with Washington took a turn for the worse. The Irancontra scandal forced three of his closest U.S. ties to leave the government. U.S. foreign policy quickly shifted against and Noriega went from friend to foe. To nullify the control of the Panama Canal given up by the Carter administration by treaty, the first Bush regime decided to unthrone its own narco-puppet and long-term CIA regional chief by discrediting him. Easy to make him a patsy because along with being an American stooge and Bush Sr. mentored, he was particularly odious. American US Special Forces agent provocateurs attacked US citizens and facilities to create disorder and then the American military attack proceeded. During the attack, the U.S. unleashed a force of 24,000 troops equipped with highly sophisticated weaponry and aircraft against a country with an army smaller than the New York City Police Department. But the mainstream media failed to uncover the hidden reasons for this internationally condemned attack. In the style of the Soviet invasion of Hungary, a Quisling regime was established and the US assisted the trashing of Panama?s civil society with democratic opposition jailed or exiled. The Panamanian military was totally disbanded leaving the US as its military ?protector.? ?The Panama Deception? provides analysis of U.S. relations with Panama and a devastating critique of the mainstream media and its complicity with the official government line.