Comment by politics1989
3 days ago
I agree with your condemnation of this and other conflicts, but disagree that this is in any way new or worse than any purported golden age.
One month after the Berlin Wall fell the US invaded Panama to kidnap its leader so he could stand trial in the US on drug trafficking charges [1], an almost identical situation to this one.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_invasion_of_Pana...
Isolating similar events doesn't negate what the OP says.
There's a wider picture involved here which has more global leaders helping to paint that picture with blood and darkness.
The sentiment I’m pushing back on is that 30 years ago the world was bright and is now painted over with blood and darkness. I pointed out that during the bright times an almost identical event occurred. Other commenters have listed the many other horrible conflicts and genocides that occurred during those bright times. The invasion of Panama was not an isolated event.
I do fear for the US domestic situation, which has been deteriorating in increasingly alarming ways, but lawless aggression against Latin America is not new.
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