President
George H. W. Bush and the Chairman of the Joint
Chiefs
of Staff, General Colin Powell, announce the invasion
of
Panama, December 20, 1989.
Panama America, Panama
The U.S. Invasion of
Panama: 'Greatest Genocide in Our History'
"Men
and women climbed atop gringo tanks and merrily took photos of themselves with
U.S. soldiers - but only those with green eyes and blond hair. In the coming
months, history recalls the U.S. ambassador issuing orders to the Republic of
Panama's cabinet. All of these facts, far from creating a heroic narrative,
border on the most blatant treason."
The invasion of Panama is
without doubt the greatest genocide in our history. However, no one knows exactly
how many Panamanians were killed. This is partly due to those subservient to
the late President Endara and his government, which banned the question from the 1990 census of
whether someone within the family had died during the invasion.
Just to remind you of certain
facts that launched our “democratic” era: no one can change the fact that Guillermo Endara, Ricardo
Arias Calderon and Guillermo
Ford were dining at a U.S. military base just hours before the invasion,
and during that dinner, they were told that we were about to be invaded. Nobody
knows how they reacted, but it doesn't seem that they vehemently opposed the
idea, since that same night, they took up their new posts after having embraced
the same soldiers who massacred us with the most modern weapons.
[Editor's Note: In December
of 1989, the U.S. launched Operation Just Cause
to depose Panamanian Dictator Manuel Noriega.
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One such weapon was the F-117 Stealth “Nighthawk”
Fighter, three out of four bombs of which failed to precisely target Central
Headquarters [of the Panamanian Defense Forces]. Although this fact is
acknowledged by the invaders, many today still foolishly believe that the
Chorrillo neighborhood was set alight by the Dignity Battalions [Manuel Noriega’s
paramilitary forces].
Another fact is that, at that
time, many Panamanians, despite what had happened, welcomed the invaders with great
joy, even wearing T-shirts that said “Just Cause” and waving U.S. flags. Some
even worked for the United States and came out proudly wearing Yankee military
uniforms.
That's to say nothing of those,
men and women, who climbed atop gringo tanks and merrily took photos of themselves
with U.S. soldiers - but only those with green eyes and blond hair. In the coming
months, history recalls the ambassador of the United States issuing orders to
the Republic of Panama's cabinet. All of these facts, far from creating a
heroic narrative, border on the most blatant treason.
How sad it is, that today is
considered a “Day of Reflection.” After 21 years, no matter how we look at it,
the invasion had nothing to do with being "just."
With such an attitude, we
will never become a first world nation. We’ll have to wait until this entire generation
dies out, just as the Jews who came out of Egypt with a slave mentality had to
die, in order to begin building a country with dignity and merit; a country
where patriotism is above all else.
Let us hope that one day
we’ll be able to honor those who gave their lives for their country as they
deserve. We shall never forget them.
