Video of the Day: The Panama invasion

On this day in 1989 nearly 28,000 U.S. troops invaded Panama as part of an operation to capture the country’s leader- Manuel Noriega. Noriega would eventually be detained in January 1990 and was soon replaced by Guillermo Endara.

The following is a video clip of an Academy Award winning documentary entitled “The Panama Deception”. The film is highly critical of the invasion and highlights the estimated 3000 civilians killed, alleged media manipulation, and international condemnation of “Operation Just Cause”.

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What do you think of the invasion and/or the documentary?

Sources- YouTube, BBC News, Wikipedia