Tom

>Rip;
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>>I was a little kid when all that went down and really am not aware of the details but wasn't it the case that he was directly invovled in trafficing drugs into the US?
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>Yes, with the help and knowledge of the CIA.
>Take a look at this -
>http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/CIA%20Hits/Panama_CIAHits.html
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>>In that case he violated our laws by selling illegal drugs to our citizens thus giving us the right to arrest him under our laws and under our jurisdiction.
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>He had nothing to do with selling drugs in the U.S., only trafficking them and . The laws of the United States have no jurisdiction outside of our countries limits, without the permission of the nation involved.
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>>If he would have only been invovled in selling drugs to his own people I doubt if we would have arrested him. My point is that we don't get involved unless the state or in this case the head of state is directly invovled in activites in the US that are illegal.
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>Many heads of state of other nations are involved in activities against the United States. We can do nothing to stop it. We have taken action against other nations and leaders of other nations when it is "in our best interest".
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>By the way, do you know who controls the Panama Cannel since the United States turned over rights to Panama?
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>In case you are not aware of it, the Panama Cannel is a very important area for ships to transport goods from the areas between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. If something were to happen and the Cannel were closed, how long do you thing it would take the United States to open it, with or without permission from Panama?
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>Tom

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