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This 4 page paper discusses the invasion and whether or not Bush I provided a vision for the exercise; if it meets the "FAS test" (feasibility, acceptability and suitability), and if there was an exit strategy in place before we went into Panama. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Noriega, who, up until then, assumed the U.S. was his friend. This wasnt surprising, since we had backed his regime for years. This brief paper discusses the invasion
and whether or not Bush I provided a vision for the exercise; if it meets the "FAS test" (feasibility, acceptability and suitability), and if there was an exit strategy in
place before we went into Panama. Discussion Although Bush the First gave four official reasons (below) for the invasion of Panama, many sources have opined that the
real reason for the invasion was to help Bush rid himself of the "wimp factor"-the perception in peoples minds that he was a weakling and an ineffective President (Gilboa, 1995).
One of the best ways for a President to be seen as commanding is to use armed intervention: its exciting, dangerous and usually fools most of the country
into thinking that we are taking decisive action that will have positive results. Apparently it didnt work well this time, since not only did Bill Clinton win the next
election, the entire Panama invasion has been called into question as a violation of many aspects of international law. Ironically, it seems to have been a military success, but
not a political one. The four reasons Bush the First gave for the U.S. invasion of Panama were "to safeguard the lives of American citizens; to defend democracy in Panama;
to apprehend Noriega and bring him to trial; and to ensure the integrity of the Panama Canal Treaties" (Maechling, 1990, p. 113). Two of the four reasons find "no
support in international law" (Maechling, 1990, p. 113). The idea that "the United States had a right to invade a country in order to defend democracy is a political
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