Why Did We Invade Panama? Just ‘Cause
In 1989, George H W Bush, disappointed with his drug-running accomplice Noriega, worked on a way to replace him with someone more obedient. This led to Nimrod Dancer and a year or so of manipulation and posturing that led to a shooting war in December. On 3 January 1990 Noriega surrendered, resulting in Bush becoming bored, a situation rectified by convincing his butty Hussein that everything would be fine if he invaded Kuwait.