[extropy-chat] Re: Meta: Too far

[Damien Broderick]

At 04:28 PM 6/29/2005 -0700, Mike wrote:

>Noriega declared war on
>the US five days before the invasion, and killed a US officer. It is
>hardly 'bullshit'.

That's amazingly impressive and speedy work! Invade a nation with less than 
5 days warning.

There are other versions:

http://www.chss.montclair.edu/english/furr/panamainv.html

"The US media showed little curiosity about the Dec. 16 confrontation
     that led to the death of a US Marine officer and the injury of another
     when they tried to run a roadblock in front of the PDF headquarters.
     The officers were supposedly "lost."  In view of what is now known
     about the intense pre-invasion preparations then underway ("NY Times,"
     12/24/89), is it possible the Marines were actually trying to track
     Noriega's whereabouts?
       The Panamanian version of the event was that the US soldiers, upon
     being discovered, opened fire--injuring three civilians, including a
     child--and then tried to run the roadblock.  This version was largely
     ignored by US journalists even after the shooting two days later of a
     Panamanian corporal who "signaled a US serviceman to stop," according
     to the administration.  "The US serviceman felt threatened," the
     administration claimed, after admitting that its earlier story that
     the Panamanian had pulled his gun was false ("NYT," 12/19/89)"

Damien Broderick