But that may not be true five years from now. And by the way, back to the Noriega case, because you do ask a good question there. Panama is a terrible precedent. Why do I say that? Because when we went into Panama, the Panamanian Congress had declared war on the United States of America. Right. They had killed a United States Marine and wounded two others. (43:45–43:48)
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Asserts that the Panama invasion is a poor precedent for justifying current military actions.
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