How the CIA Created a Cocaine Dictator | The War on Drugs

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  • In December 1989, 25,00 US troops invaded the small, Central American republic of Panama.
    But this was not a war against some communist regime or terrorist group - this was a drugs bust, aimed at arresting Manuel Noriega, the dictator of Panama, who was wanted on trafficking charges in Miami.
    Awkwardly for the US, Noriega had been a major CIA asset for decades - even as they knew he was becoming massively embedded with the cartels flooding the streets of the US with coke.
    This is how US intelligence shielded Noriega, even as he trafficked cocaine and laundered cartel millions - and also how the War on Drugs came to replace the Cold War as the central feature of US foreign policy.
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  • @rickdiaz427
    @rickdiaz427 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3360

    US has no problems with dictators as long as they can benefit America.

    • @warprimeminister
      @warprimeminister 2 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      As we should ! 😂

    • @wylinout2257
      @wylinout2257 2 ปีที่แล้ว +198

      You mean politicians.
      Usually doesn't benefit the common American

    • @ambatuBUHSURK
      @ambatuBUHSURK 2 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      @@wylinout2257 Common american continues to elect war mongering dogs

    • @jonboatmorava9115
      @jonboatmorava9115 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@wylinout2257 the political Americans are the only Americans that matter. The rest of us are her to consume products, including drugs and alcohol, and make the dreams of the rich come true through labor we receive paychecks for doing that we go buy stuff from the politicians' friends so they get the money they pay us back. It's a beautiful setup if you think about it. 🤔

    • @dickiesdocos
      @dickiesdocos 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Duh! Well done Sherlock

  • @AwokenEntertainment
    @AwokenEntertainment ปีที่แล้ว +397

    when you really look into the war on drugs, it's crazy how often the United States plays both sides..

    • @alexanderkoruga6409
      @alexanderkoruga6409 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yup its just whites on top in the end - just like the Democrat and Republican parties. It may be a POC like Obama leading, but it's whites on top in the backroom (American elites) and in thr front majority white politicians.
      The USA needs a 3rd major political party in the USA led by and mostly made up of POC. Ideally 5 different political parties.

    • @Joshdyisdifh
      @Joshdyisdifh ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Thats why drugs keep winning....

    • @missourimongoose8858
      @missourimongoose8858 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      It's every government not just the US, the attractiveness of billions of dollars in untraceable money seems to corrupt almost everyone

    • @bobbyginnings9273
      @bobbyginnings9273 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@missourimongoose8858 , the united states of earth, a.k.a. one world government, has long been the leaders of mass killings and all around wickedness, and a long as they and their co-conspirators live, and/ or the systems they have instituted remain in place, humanity, in aggregate, is doomed.

    • @reidflemingworldstoughestm1394
      @reidflemingworldstoughestm1394 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      And that, my friends, is capitalism for ya.

  • @sergeicaballero8996
    @sergeicaballero8996 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1278

    As a Panamanian I can tell you that the effects of this unnecessary invasion still roar the streets. The amount of guns scattered across the whole country was humungous, that was the kick starter for a whole ass of armed gangs, thugs and guess what…hundreds of new drug lords.

    • @climhazzzard5990
      @climhazzzard5990 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Its been significantly safer than pre invasion, dont get killed or sliced up into pieces for talking against the government. Panama stopped being an ultra nationalist cocaine dictatorship. Was it the US fault for propping up Noriega, absolutely. I will say that in the last two years its been significantly less safe than say the last 10 years

    • @sadhu7191
      @sadhu7191 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Idk bro in america they tell us drugs are bad

    • @Elhastezy888
      @Elhastezy888 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @Bernard Ever notice "M'kay" is MK??
      Just workin thier predictive programming on ya.
      MK- Ultra - Dr Josef Mengele

    • @Bee-tj8gc
      @Bee-tj8gc 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tobia5267 ya this guy is thinking way too much about it.
      We are the good guys and Russians are the bad guys. It's that simple.
      Freaken Internet is filled with Russian bots right now

    • @warfighter1988
      @warfighter1988 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Maybe not blame another country for your people crimes. Everyone has guns in switzerland to but theyre not murdering each other

  • @unknown-hb2to
    @unknown-hb2to 2 ปีที่แล้ว +676

    Next time you complain about central american children pouring into your country, remember that the US has played a huge role on the misery that Latin Americans have endured for generations.

    • @epicmatter3512
      @epicmatter3512 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      We never intervened in Mexico and they still have drug lords. We just used the dictator to our benefit and now they don’t have communism, are on average wealthier than the rest of Latin America and have a fully functioning democracy.

    • @ubuntuiqinisoofuna7852
      @ubuntuiqinisoofuna7852 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Neoliberal Capitalism aka Western Colonial Civilization aka the YT Supremacist System. Gotta keep that YTness fully intact.

    • @skyrimguy217
      @skyrimguy217 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @FilthyDankWastemanFabuless well maybe he is an American cat.

    • @neverwinta7702
      @neverwinta7702 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Well said from African American

    • @microfarming8583
      @microfarming8583 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      This report is BS, thus kid is not a journalist! The CIA were funneling crack and cocaine into the US to fund their black ops and assassinations! Look up Mike Ruppert. Vice is garbage !

  • @user-ku4nk1ft1j
    @user-ku4nk1ft1j 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1388

    America: Creating its own problems since 1776

    • @louieDsypo
      @louieDsypo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Im sure they are behind Putin too

    • @willyperez2475
      @willyperez2475 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Facts but Funny too 😂 lol

    • @khalilahd.
      @khalilahd. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      No seriously 🤦🏽‍♀️

    • @warprimeminister
      @warprimeminister 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      As we should lol. I rather live here than where my family comes from

    • @alejandronopasanada5302
      @alejandronopasanada5302 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@warprimeminister I don’t think you realize exactly hoe ridiculous you sound.

  • @aarliann
    @aarliann 2 ปีที่แล้ว +612

    the United States is no stranger to engineering problems so they can implement “solutions”

  • @moji4621
    @moji4621 2 ปีที่แล้ว +96

    No cocaine was harmed in the production of this documentary

    • @neverwinta7702
      @neverwinta7702 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Hahaha hahaha hahaha luv this comment

  • @mwangi8623
    @mwangi8623 2 ปีที่แล้ว +130

    "Being America's enemy is dangerous, being America's friend is fatal"

    • @robotzombie4754
      @robotzombie4754 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Damn,that would look great on a shirt

  • @AdventureSam
    @AdventureSam 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1374

    In Panama City, near an artisanal market, there was an anti America mural on the wall. American soldiers firing a bazooka at civilians hoisting the Panama flag. The stars of the US flag had been replaced with skulls and instead of in “In God we trust” it said “In war we trust”. One of the best pieces of art I’ve ever seen!

    • @mikeywatson1862
      @mikeywatson1862 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      They should put stickers on. It like a Nas car too.

    • @conorcane1211
      @conorcane1211 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      yoo did you happen to take a picture ?

    • @ivankacic2808
      @ivankacic2808 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Oh wow an American who hates his own country, how original

    • @AdventureSam
      @AdventureSam 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Ivan Kacic I’m from the UK brate nemoj zabavite 🇧🇦🇬🇧

    • @someguy5035
      @someguy5035 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Imagine actually admitting this.

  • @laabitres
    @laabitres 2 ปีที่แล้ว +329

    As a Panamanian im glad this is being talked about, thank you

    • @broteinsheikh
      @broteinsheikh 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Panama was also in the TV show prison break

    • @ericbogar9665
      @ericbogar9665 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      As an American I don't care.

    • @texasgunslinger8060
      @texasgunslinger8060 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@dertythegrower you don't get it. It's not the Cartels, it's the CIA, and DEA. Those are the real Cartels.

    • @texasgunslinger8060
      @texasgunslinger8060 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You forgot to mention Bush and Clinton bringing in drugs through Mena, Arkansas.

    • @thatsclassified1
      @thatsclassified1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      This is the bad guy from black ops 2 lol

  • @RaptorFaceRumble
    @RaptorFaceRumble 2 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    CIA be like "nah we never did that we investigated ourselves and found no wrongdoing".

  • @Pistolero14Le
    @Pistolero14Le 2 ปีที่แล้ว +182

    500 Panamanian deaths are the numbers given by the Americans, different NGOs have estimated it to be in the thousands. The US government have continued to pressure Panama not to further investigate this matter, so their invasion wouldn't 'look as bad'.

    • @kinkysama
      @kinkysama 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Exactly, an AC-130 attack into one of Panama City most populated places and they have the guts to say 500 deaths, what a joke, what a bad joke.

    • @JotaOrtiz
      @JotaOrtiz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Indeed. Bunch of lies.

    • @CryptoLogicGaming
      @CryptoLogicGaming 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thousands is weak numbers compared to the genocide that goes on in Africa currently

    • @JotaOrtiz
      @JotaOrtiz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@CryptoLogicGaming weak comment

    • @AjaySingh-hr6nb
      @AjaySingh-hr6nb 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      This comment reminds me of how US drones and airstrikes have killed at least 22,000 civilians - and perhaps as many as 48,000 - since the 9/11 terrorist attacks in 2001, in its so called " WAR ON TERROR " and none of the mainstream media talks about it.

  • @christianterrill3503
    @christianterrill3503 2 ปีที่แล้ว +151

    Congratulations to drugs, for winning the war on drugs...

    • @510purple
      @510purple 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      the government pays the coast guard to keep them prices up.

    • @snotragg6514
      @snotragg6514 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I love FETTY WOP

    • @blznft9513
      @blznft9513 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Snot Ragg Trash. Listen to some Gunz N Roses or Nirvana

    • @CryptoNuts1
      @CryptoNuts1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      hands down , homelessness. etc etc linked back to drugs

    • @NZCONES
      @NZCONES 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's getting old now everyone says it

  • @Trx-ep7rg
    @Trx-ep7rg 2 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    As a Panamanian I'm glad this is discussed. My parents were just 17 when tanks suddenly roamed the streets. The dictatorship was no doubt a very hard time here. Since then we've come back one step at a time.

    • @respecthanz9685
      @respecthanz9685 ปีที่แล้ว

      My mom also witnessed tanks and some troops in her small town before

  • @cageybee7221
    @cageybee7221 2 ปีที่แล้ว +195

    let this be a lesson to dictators around the world: it doesn't matter how close you were, how useful you were, how long you've worked with them, they will drop you in a heartbeat, overthrow you, and take everything you did unspeakable things to get. it's just a matter of time.

    • @jasonsharpbucks
      @jasonsharpbucks 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Sounds like selling on Amazon

    • @PropheticShadeZ
      @PropheticShadeZ 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      They often don't take them out, they just make the people pay the blood price to remove them

    • @robertmarmaduke9721
      @robertmarmaduke9721 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Karzai got a mansion in London, Paris and Dubai from Hillary running her payola - baaksheesh kickback operation in Kabul.

    • @littledudefromacrossthestr5755
      @littledudefromacrossthestr5755 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      U talking like it's a bad thing

    • @piedramultiaristas8573
      @piedramultiaristas8573 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jasonsharpbucks That's why u must salr diferent products if the close u one u hace others

  • @badhombres1190
    @badhombres1190 2 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    As a Colombian, im glad you covered this topic about our Panamanian brothers. Please cover Alvaro Uribe Velez + Cold War Politics + Drug trafficking

    • @piedramultiaristas8573
      @piedramultiaristas8573 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Saludos desde Panamá vecino.

    • @badhombres1190
      @badhombres1190 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@piedramultiaristas8573 saludos hermano patrio

    • @davidmunoz6897
      @davidmunoz6897 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Doubt it. Uribe has some strong allies up north, it would be unwise to cover something like that now. Maybe 20 years over his passing. The fact that our elections revolve around the fear of comunism is an echo of old US politics.

    • @testtest2609
      @testtest2609 ปีที่แล้ว

      Also Stalin was funded by the Koch oligarch who collabed with the Bush oligarchy - source: Dark Money book by The New Yorker writer Jane Mayer.
      Putin is also an American creation just like the Nazi Ukrainians. US couped USSR under Bill Clinton, the USSR just didn't fall as American like to say.

    • @Poppinunico
      @Poppinunico ปีที่แล้ว +1

      El matarife Uribe!

  • @Editnamehere
    @Editnamehere 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    War on drugs:
    Drugs: 1
    Government: 1
    People: 0

  • @ellemarr7234
    @ellemarr7234 2 ปีที่แล้ว +295

    The Bush family has done irreparable harm to the world

    • @Allison_White
      @Allison_White 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Exactly.
      🎯

    • @christianterrill3503
      @christianterrill3503 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Truth....

    • @warprimeminister
      @warprimeminister 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yawwwwwwwwnnnnnnnn

    • @vasectomyfail442
      @vasectomyfail442 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      you spelled china with a B, a U, and an S, and you left out other letters ... that's weird

    • @Gerald.69
      @Gerald.69 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Bush Sr's dad funded the nazi's directly. Bush Jr wasnt surprised when he found out the twin towers fell.. a building that had terrorist insurance added to its coverage plan super shortly before the attack occured.

  • @SchimdAlessio
    @SchimdAlessio 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +116

    I remember several years ago I suffered from severe depression and mental disorder. I was addicted to illicit pills, alcohol, and smoking until I was recommended for psilocybin mushroom treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly I'm 8 years clean now. It's quite fascinating how effective they are against anxiety and depression.

    • @PantawanMangkan
      @PantawanMangkan 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      To be honest, mushrooms are one of the most amazing things on the planet and it is natural, they serve in many ways not only for mental related issues.

    • @AdelaidaMarques
      @AdelaidaMarques 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Can you help me with a reliable source I would really appreciate it. Many people talk about mushrooms and psychedelics but nobody talks about where to get them. It is very hard to get a reliable source here in New Zealand. Really need!

    • @SurprisedFruitBowl-qj9oy
      @SurprisedFruitBowl-qj9oy 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes, Sporeville. I had the same experience with anxiety, depression, PTSD, and addiction... Mushrooms definitely made a huge difference to why I'm clean today.

    • @user-mr3di2mi7x
      @user-mr3di2mi7x 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I wish they were readily available in my place.
      Microdosing was my next plan of care for my husband. He's 59 & has many mental health issues plus probably CTE & a TBI that left him in a coma 8 days. It's too late now I had to get a TPO as he's 6'6 300+ pound homicidal maniac. He's constantly talking about killing someone.
      He's violent. Anyone reading this Familiar w/ BPD knows if it is common for an obsession with violence.

    • @AdelaidaMarques
      @AdelaidaMarques 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Is he on Instagram?

  • @MrThad15
    @MrThad15 2 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    As a first generation American with a mother from Panama and multiple family members that are 50+ that remember this, I just spoke to them and apparently we had some family members die to the hands of Noriega during that whole drug war and I showed them this document and they said everything you said was absolutely true. Pero estoy siempre orgulloso de mis raíces 🇵🇦

    • @testtest2609
      @testtest2609 ปีที่แล้ว

      Also Stalin was funded by the Koch oligarch - source: Dark Money book by The New Yorker writer Jane Mayer. America has been playing this game forever. Even Putin was a US creation remember after Bill Clinton couped the USSR, it didn't just fall like Americans like to say smh.

  • @castelodomar846
    @castelodomar846 2 ปีที่แล้ว +313

    Drug abuse isn't the problem. It's a symptom of the problem. Help your citizens instead of leaving them for dead (medical debt, homelessness, etc). Drugs make for an easy escape. It's not "why the drug addiction?" It's "why the pain behind the addiction?"

    • @deadbodybaby1
      @deadbodybaby1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Bro stop speaking facts they’re going to be forced to remove you if you wake everybody up

    • @1783W
      @1783W 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      This is true. Where are the petitions to correct this though? Comments can’t do much.

    • @nebula2241
      @nebula2241 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      One of the main themes of the "war on drugs" is making the general public see the consumers and addicts as criminals and not as victims

    • @zazasnruntz7505
      @zazasnruntz7505 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Tell that to your kids

    • @rwccjr
      @rwccjr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Tell that to the rich people

  • @justinolafstansberry1949
    @justinolafstansberry1949 2 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    Great Piece! Thank you J for always keeping it interesting "The War on Drugs" is def one of my favs on Vice.

    • @testtest2609
      @testtest2609 ปีที่แล้ว

      Also Stalin was funded by the Koch oligarch who collabed with the Bush oligarchy - source: Dark Money book by The New Yorker writer Jane Mayer.

  • @nickalmazan471
    @nickalmazan471 2 ปีที่แล้ว +109

    Love how President Bush pulls out his personal stash from his desk for his speech. Such dedication!

    • @littledudefromacrossthestr5755
      @littledudefromacrossthestr5755 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      😭 😭 😭 Stfy

    • @captainspaulding5963
      @captainspaulding5963 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Bush did cocaine, not crack.... if you are gonna attempt to make jokes, at least be accurate ;)

    • @nickalmazan471
      @nickalmazan471 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@captainspaulding5963 every crack head starts with coke until crack becomes more affordable

    • @lorenzoblum868
      @lorenzoblum868 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Another "Skull and Bones" sleazbag...

    • @norah4892
      @norah4892 ปีที่แล้ว

      🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @dlobelow760
    @dlobelow760 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    These are the stories my grandmother never told me and I'm glad these stories are out here.

  • @anobayantv
    @anobayantv 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Not Shocking that CIA Involved on this. They doing these kind of things in many countries.

  • @100domathon
    @100domathon 2 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    This story has been reported several times. I am surprised a video is being made on Noriega in 2022 when he already died in 2017. Right now Honduras is a repeat of this. Juan Orlando Hernandez the ex-president of Honduras is now being extradited to the US to stand trial for cocaine smuggling. Like Noriega, Juan Orlando Hernandez had been a US Ally for several years. Also the US has had an airbase in Honduras since 1983. I hope Vice can do a story on the Juan Orlando Hernandez saga

    • @nameless1016
      @nameless1016 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      the documentaries are a lil behind the kids on coke. so hug your kids more.

    • @rcchristian2
      @rcchristian2 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@nameless1016 hug

    • @lorenzoblum868
      @lorenzoblum868 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Don't say a US ally. Say : CIA ally. Not necessarily the same thing...

    • @lorenzoblum868
      @lorenzoblum868 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Government is the entertainment division of the military industrial complex ~Frank Zappa.

    • @100domathon
      @100domathon ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@lorenzoblum868 Juan Orlando Hernandez of Honduras was not just an ally of the CIA, but Obama and Trump embraced him and praised him from 2014-2020. And so did US Military leaders like General John Kelly and Admiral Craig Faller

  • @DK-ss1vu
    @DK-ss1vu ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Glad this is finally public. So sick of stuff like this being labeled “conspiracy theory.”

  • @ToxicMothBoi
    @ToxicMothBoi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Always a treat to watch a "the war on drugs" video

  • @paligula.
    @paligula. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    I know Noriega, the real Noriega he owe me a hundred favors

    • @jamilp670
      @jamilp670 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I love hiphop

    • @Ocxmusic
      @Ocxmusic 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Rozayyy

    • @louieDsypo
      @louieDsypo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      He was c.o in the federal prison where Noriega stayed so he wasn't lying for once

    • @sautibaraka6558
      @sautibaraka6558 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      people can reallly think😀

    • @nikkigriffin08
      @nikkigriffin08 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      lmfaoo that kept playing in my head as soon as I put this on & i'm not from Miami but I am from another city in SWFL so it played all the time here too

  • @marktesucum5850
    @marktesucum5850 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Amazing been reading and investigating on this specific topic for years and im so thankful you guys finally put something together

    • @juanzamora2904
      @juanzamora2904 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Look in to John Perkins books, interestong info about the down FALL of Noriega.

    • @piedramultiaristas8573
      @piedramultiaristas8573 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@juanzamora2904 También Ganster económico.

    • @marktesucum5850
      @marktesucum5850 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@juanzamora2904 bro Thank you so much for this source i will deff look that up

    • @marktesucum5850
      @marktesucum5850 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@piedramultiaristas8573 anduve en tierras panamenas hablando con la gente de los barrios solo por este interes y te doy muchas gracias por esta fuente lo checare

    • @piedramultiaristas8573
      @piedramultiaristas8573 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@marktesucum5850 Solo te cuidado no te recomiendo qque te metas en chorrillo curundo por ejemplo lugares seguros y turísticos son cñCasco Antiguo de madrugada no vayas a California quedate en Casco y sal por la cinta Costera que también es segura pero de madrugada no andes por hay Bocas del Toro la islas de Lugares de Chiriquí y el interior pero siempre consulta.

  • @jamesritacco1693
    @jamesritacco1693 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Sounds like Bush Sr. played a major role in Bush Jr.'s cocaine addiction.

    • @testtest2609
      @testtest2609 ปีที่แล้ว

      Also Stalin was funded by the Koch oligarch who collabed with the Bush oligarchy - source: Dark Money book by The New Yorker writer Jane Mayer.
      Putin is also an American creation just like the Nazi Ukrainians. US couped USSR under Bill Clinton, the USSR just didn't fall as American like to say.

    • @testtest2609
      @testtest2609 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bushes played a role in addicting China in the Opium occupation.
      Bush Sr is also implicated in the Franklin Scandal which was a trafficking ring of boys into the White House and the rest of DC using Craig Spense and Lawrence King. Nick Bryant's book uses FBI, police sources.

  • @JordanAF808
    @JordanAF808 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is everything, thanks Vice!

  • @sanjuansteve
    @sanjuansteve 2 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    Thanks largely to citizens united, we've lost our entire government, military, healthcare system, justice system, food production system, energy system, etc, etc to limitless greed.

    • @BatkoNashBandera774
      @BatkoNashBandera774 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      lol we lost all those things with the advent and abuse of the Electoral College and notwithstanding - Gerrymandering.
      USA is only country where you can win elections by getting LESS votes than your opponents. Not only is it Bizzaro World, it's flat out retarded.

    • @andrewalvarez2080
      @andrewalvarez2080 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      All of that is temporary in this life. For what it will profit a man to gain the whole world and loses his own soul.

    • @asnark7115
      @asnark7115 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I'm not defending Citizens United, but it didn't really alter the landscape that much. Everything this video documents plus a lot of similar games played by the US on other countries and our own population didn't need Citizens United.

  • @peterzotti6430
    @peterzotti6430 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    I love how American bombs and missiles always bring in democracy and freedom... Murika

    • @testtest2609
      @testtest2609 ปีที่แล้ว

      Also Stalin was funded by the Koch oligarch who collabed with the Bush oligarchy - source: Dark Money book by The New Yorker writer Jane Mayer.
      Putin is also an American creation just like the Nazi Ukrainians. US couped USSR under Bill Clinton, the USSR just didn't fall as Americans like to say.

  • @Patsfan1987
    @Patsfan1987 2 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    Under 10 minutes?!? I need an old school Vice multiple part series on this
    Edit: I mean same host/camera/audio and even the same damn janitor!!! They do amazing work I just selfishly want more if I’m being honest.

    • @sentiasatransformasi
      @sentiasatransformasi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      no dude we need a whole netflix series for this!

    • @amandahug-n-kiss3749
      @amandahug-n-kiss3749 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      That VICE died a long time ago

    • @Serjo777
      @Serjo777 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@sentiasatransformasi Netflix? What, you want Bush to be portrayed as a black lesbian woman or something?

    • @zumaanandrade3961
      @zumaanandrade3961 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sentiasatransformasi The information is out there. Look it up.

    • @piedramultiaristas8573
      @piedramultiaristas8573 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Serjo777 Haaasaaaaaa

  • @cmonman85
    @cmonman85 2 ปีที่แล้ว +130

    I'm honestly impressed by the time and effort VICE put into these videos. Keep it up! 💛💛💛

    • @EtreTocsin
      @EtreTocsin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You mean like actual journalism and real research instead of regurgitating the same copied story from a dozen other news outlets?

    • @rhorantyko7796
      @rhorantyko7796 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yeah it's sad that vice has the reputation that it does in pop culture because for years now they've been a news outlet with a very high degree of intellectual integrity.
      It's undeniable that it's left-leaning, but American discourse has gotten to the point when we can't differentiate partisan from == bad unless it's my viewpoint.
      Like fox news broadcast content and commentary is ridiculous, but if you actually read the articles on their website, they're definitely conservative leaning but the actual journalism is solid.

    • @testtest2609
      @testtest2609 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Also Stalin was funded by the Koch oligarch who collabed with the Bush oligarchy - source: Dark Money book by The New Yorker writer Jane Mayer.
      Putin is also an American creation just like the Nazi Ukrainians. US couped USSR under Bill Clinton, the USSR just didn't fall as American like to say.

  • @Allison_White
    @Allison_White 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Fantastic piece.

    • @testtest2609
      @testtest2609 ปีที่แล้ว

      Also Stalin was funded by the Koch oligarch who collabed with the Bush oligarchy - source: Dark Money book by The New Yorker writer Jane Mayer.
      Putin is also an American creation just like the Nazi Ukrainians. US couped USSR under Bill Clinton, the USSR just didn't fall as American like to say.

  • @khalilahd.
    @khalilahd. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    So hypocritical it’s insane 🤦🏽‍♀️

    • @sharwama992
      @sharwama992 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      And they want to chop of Putin’s head hypocritical indeed

    • @hmalik5232
      @hmalik5232 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@sharwama992 shut up you Russian paid troll, that has nothing to do with this, Putin has committed genocide

    • @SavageBunnyGetMoney
      @SavageBunnyGetMoney 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sharwama992 well hes shelling citizens in Ukraine I do feel bad for the Russian citizens that got nothing to do with this but yall need to JFK Putin or get him out of power

    • @dave_riots
      @dave_riots 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Is it really surprising though?

  • @asnark7115
    @asnark7115 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    IT's just like Micheal Smith said: "If you want to know who are enemies will be tomorrow, look at who we are financing today."

  • @tiltingatwindmills3243
    @tiltingatwindmills3243 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Back in 2007 a friend got to try the one with the Benz stamp on it, he didn’t know it at the time but he later found out it was one of the best cars he ever drove!

  • @desfordjames4040
    @desfordjames4040 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Can you do one with Trinidad and Tobago drug trafficking.

  • @blgray55
    @blgray55 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    More like, how the United States runs the cocaine trade , they still do

  • @cortezsaunders9531
    @cortezsaunders9531 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    "I want to congratulate drugs for winning the war on drugs" What a profound statement.

  • @onemoreguyonline7878
    @onemoreguyonline7878 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I can't believe it took five years, but today's the day I re-subscribe to vice docuseries

  • @CapnSnackbeard
    @CapnSnackbeard 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Plot twist: we're the bad guys.

    • @louieDsypo
      @louieDsypo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      It is... in Mexico... all the torture techniques they use were taught by US military

    • @darapgoat
      @darapgoat 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Bingo

    • @a.littleturtle6668
      @a.littleturtle6668 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      This was never a plot twist

    • @louieDsypo
      @louieDsypo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@dertythegrower troll

    • @louieDsypo
      @louieDsypo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@dertythegrower

  • @juanpabloabondanosantos5473
    @juanpabloabondanosantos5473 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Thanks so much ,great work ! Excellent report as always !

  • @glennhansen8197
    @glennhansen8197 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    It was not just the war on drugs it was a war of keeping secrets and still is

  • @obsidian00
    @obsidian00 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "The War On Drugs" is the world's greatest Sale's Pitch!

  • @captain4595
    @captain4595 2 ปีที่แล้ว +102

    US doesn't care whether the dictator is communist or anti communist as long it benefits them.Yes,the USA had supported Communist leaders, for example Joseph Stalin during World war 2,supported China in getting UN seat in Security council in 1971 and supported Pol Pot in 1979 Vietnamese-Cambodia war.USA supported the Latin dictators to safeguard the interests of American corporation.

    • @renesonse5794
      @renesonse5794 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      "The US" doesn't refer to the country and its people. It doesn't care about the latter...only Wall St. See Gen. Smedley Butler's famous "War is a Racket" speech.

    • @rwccjr
      @rwccjr 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      So what does that make US?

    • @Hippobottomless
      @Hippobottomless 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@rwccjr simple a villain

    • @bobafett_8922
      @bobafett_8922 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Hippobottomless then every country is

    • @captain4595
      @captain4595 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@rwccjr a state believing in realpolitiks

  • @photosbyant
    @photosbyant 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    here before the CIA takeas down the video lol

    • @darapgoat
      @darapgoat 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Jokes on you Vice is cia lol

  • @user-tp6sb6lq5f
    @user-tp6sb6lq5f 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you Vice for being you again 🙏🙏

  • @limericksfinest4680
    @limericksfinest4680 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Bush the war criminal accusing others of drug crime. You can't get much more ironic than that

  • @Omegaphats
    @Omegaphats 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Curious to know Noriega's chosen taste in music! If Van Halen is weaponized lol

    • @jeremykyles567
      @jeremykyles567 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Wait was that fr? Sound straight from a cartoon.

  • @Dontberetarded
    @Dontberetarded 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I love the hypocrisy of the world

    • @realthagodreal7546
      @realthagodreal7546 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      They make us foreign and alienated to one another and that's the order of the day.

    • @Edgesofnowhere008
      @Edgesofnowhere008 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's all scripted. Even your own life.

  • @boydseabiscuit2635
    @boydseabiscuit2635 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    'how the cia created' should be a series

  • @100domathon
    @100domathon ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Here is another thing to discuss regarding Panama 🇵🇦 when the US had bases there and owned the Canal. The US Military was clearly allowing South American cocaine to go through the canal. I am 100% sure that there were American Soldiers stationed in Panama during the 70s, 80s, 90s that were taking bribes from drug smugglers and helping the drugs go through.

  • @paulmatemb4628
    @paulmatemb4628 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I understand now why Panama is a tax haven.

  • @ETS186
    @ETS186 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    School of the Americas still exists. It changed its name to The Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation and moved to Fort Benning.

  • @KillCates
    @KillCates 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you vice❤️✅

  • @candyman111881
    @candyman111881 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    REALLY GOOD VIDEO 👍♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

  • @missaleromanum5614
    @missaleromanum5614 2 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    People know the CIA does things like this, but the moment you suggest they are doing the same in Ukraine, people think you're a Russian bot.

    • @Aprilium
      @Aprilium 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Yeah, like why should they send weapons to Ukraine in a war that they can't win. If they cared about Ukrainians they should be mediating a ceasefire not using Ukrainians to fight Russia to the last Ukrainian.

    • @michaeldelsalto2185
      @michaeldelsalto2185 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The game was rigged from the start

    • @Arbiter710
      @Arbiter710 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The CIA SAC has been training Ukrainian rebels and there Army since 2015

    • @jackolederhosen5418
      @jackolederhosen5418 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Aprilium because the key to success is to have the whole world view Russia as the demons and a threat, really America has no business or right to intervene in any way, old Russia vs new Russia is still Russia at end of the day, could you imagine if Texas left the union and Russia supplied them America would nuked them to the Stone Age

  • @Mocktezuma111
    @Mocktezuma111 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The 80's was a wild time.

  • @sparkle1718
    @sparkle1718 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    props to the speaker 👏🏻

  • @Fr0zZeN69
    @Fr0zZeN69 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    They are all together for sure 👍🏼

  • @pezzonovante888
    @pezzonovante888 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thank you Cillian Murphy for presenting this interesting piece.

  • @Commzard
    @Commzard 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    My mom is Panamanian and she was in Panama during the invasion and tells me about how scared she was. At least after just cause my dad from the US army met her.

  • @yunga8305
    @yunga8305 ปีที่แล้ว

    The bricks stamped wit the Mercedes logo!! 😂😂

  • @takcleberry
    @takcleberry ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Wow I can’t believe they made Noriega from BO2 into a real person

  • @ericbogar9665
    @ericbogar9665 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Cocaine's a hell of a drug.

    • @nameless1016
      @nameless1016 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      oh, you know about the film industry.

    • @JustinSmith-ik3tu
      @JustinSmith-ik3tu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I love the smell of it

    • @ericbogar9665
      @ericbogar9665 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@JustinSmith-ik3tu Yeah, the smell almost gets you high. lol

  • @a.littleturtle6668
    @a.littleturtle6668 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Afraid of non-violent drug users that could solve equations and do complex engineering, etc. You see the world today.

  • @kentkirkland5519
    @kentkirkland5519 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    All true. Excellent work.

  • @ejkboxing
    @ejkboxing 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I worked in intelligence & I was stationed in Panama from '86 - '88. Noriega was honored by the US intelligence community on two occasions while I was there.

  • @Crangaso
    @Crangaso 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Noriega & Escobar ran the Coke industry, back in the day.

    • @ididntmeantoshootthatvietn5012
      @ididntmeantoshootthatvietn5012 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Menendez

    • @Edgesofnowhere008
      @Edgesofnowhere008 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Noriega stored the money of barons.
      Escobar played the global face until killed while Colombia reprocessed cocaine paste.
      The entire time it was Roberto Suarez of Bolivia who monopolized cocaine far greater than Escobar could.

    • @cripbk2147
      @cripbk2147 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Edgesofnowhere008 bingo

    • @cripbk2147
      @cripbk2147 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ididntmeantoshootthatvietn5012 black ops 2🤣😂

  • @9879SigmundS
    @9879SigmundS 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    End the war on drugs, you fools. It only benefits the dealers.

    • @9879SigmundS
      @9879SigmundS 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Manuel Valerio a lot of other counties independently go after drugs including many Asian countries, Arab countries are terrible, Russia. Really only the European counties and other countries in the Western hemisphere are coerced by the US into the war on drugs.

  • @Edgesofnowhere008
    @Edgesofnowhere008 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    No telling how many millions and millions of hidden money Noriega saw with his own eyes.

  • @jadechanboon
    @jadechanboon 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    They should look into 41’s relationship with lapd daryl gates

  • @justcurious..3580
    @justcurious..3580 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I'm fighting the war on drugs too by smoking the drugs.

  • @andrewalonsi
    @andrewalonsi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Amazing how as an American, I never knew any of this happened

    • @innovita7502
      @innovita7502 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Americans know so little about their government bad deeds, otherwise you guys may not elect them

    • @patkearney9320
      @patkearney9320 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Your Government hides in the open it is curse on decent Americans and a bastard to mankind. The less you know the cleaner you stay regards from Ireland.

  • @sahilkumar3866
    @sahilkumar3866 2 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    US - fuels drug lords in South America
    US - creates Cocaine detector
    US = my goals are beyond your understanding

  • @phoenixburr9580
    @phoenixburr9580 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My uncle seal worked directly with this guy! God bless you never forgotten unk

  • @eTheBlack
    @eTheBlack 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    There is great series about something similar, called Snowfall. Love it

  • @chewbama6285
    @chewbama6285 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Everyone should have already known this by now

  • @Newdivide
    @Newdivide 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Funny thing is, Activision later include him in call of duty black ops 2. When he found out, he sued them and lost

  • @stevenotero2627
    @stevenotero2627 ปีที่แล้ว

    Kill The Messenger. Great film. Worth your time. 😎🎭✌

  • @JAFOpty
    @JAFOpty 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    this is what happens when you actually lived the history. You understand how half lies and how the victor always fixes history in their favor. ONLY 500 died??? are you kidding me?

  • @maxprado9030
    @maxprado9030 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    War on drugs is such a joke.

  • @outwiththem
    @outwiththem 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The Contras did the same from Honduras in the 1980's. USA even paid them very well too. The Iran Contra Scandal was that.

  • @shopsshire9282
    @shopsshire9282 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    March 27, 2022-Cold war never ended.

  • @horelpit7
    @horelpit7 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    A cocaine dictator? Haven't they done this multiple even countless times?

  • @enormhi
    @enormhi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Not the first, and definitely not the last American Made American Problem.

    • @louieDsypo
      @louieDsypo 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Like China

    • @louieDsypo
      @louieDsypo 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Western Greed sent all the manufacturing there , making china a nuclear threat .. foh

    • @100Mmore
      @100Mmore 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@louieDsypo No, not like China

  • @charlotteabbey3102
    @charlotteabbey3102 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for the story to the name

  • @100domathon
    @100domathon ปีที่แล้ว

    One of the best films about Panama and the 1989 Invasion is the Panama Deception from 1992 which is on TH-cam

  • @joedavis4150
    @joedavis4150 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    ... The War on Drugs is so harmful to all Americans. We need to leave peaceful, good people alone.

    • @An0nymousMessages
      @An0nymousMessages 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I would argue we need to find a solution to the Drug and dependence issue to reduce the demand. I do agree that our current policies do harm to our society as a whole.

    • @An0nymousMessages
      @An0nymousMessages 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The largest issue your missing when you refer to "Peaceful, good People" is that those are the ones that predators feed off of. I understand your point of view that sometimes innocents get caught up in issues between Law Enforcement and Addicts, but given the addicts associations with the "innocent (Family Members) there is no way to differentiate that if the Family can't differentiate it. A very sad situation, but a very real situation. Nobuddy wants to turn in their brother.

    • @joedavis4150
      @joedavis4150 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@An0nymousMessages ...... policymakers gaining a sense of proportion would be good. For example, cars are useful, but they do kill and injure a certain percentage of people. But correctly, we don't put people in jail for driving cars.

  • @trickeyt.v96
    @trickeyt.v96 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    If you find this interesting, I would highly recommend Gary Webb's book Dark alliance.
    It covers everything from Panama to south-central Los Angeles crack epidemic.

    • @caprisun9371
      @caprisun9371 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thank you!

    • @Editnamehere
      @Editnamehere 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Kill the messenger

    • @d.i.g.i.t.a.l.9268
      @d.i.g.i.t.a.l.9268 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Shame what they did to him..

    • @trickeyt.v96
      @trickeyt.v96 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@d.i.g.i.t.a.l.9268 yes terrible how they treated him!
      Gary Webb was an amazing journalist.

    • @Channel-23s
      @Channel-23s 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      CIA loves to wipe people out

  • @sergiorodriguez889
    @sergiorodriguez889 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Please!!!! Chaos is PROFITABLE!!and business is good!! really good!!

  • @nathanngumi8467
    @nathanngumi8467 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very interesting...

  • @kazimiraz-zaxel5240
    @kazimiraz-zaxel5240 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Capital is a hell of a drug.

  • @gf2174
    @gf2174 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Same thing in Afghanistan 🇦🇫 for 20 years before 2001 Afghanistan had 0%opium since then it turnd to world's first opium producer did you guy forget the war on opium China Britain

    • @AbbasBinYounas
      @AbbasBinYounas 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Exactly. The Taliban wiped out opium cultivation within a year of them seizing power. Enter the good ol' US of A and Afghanistan is back to bring the largest opium producer in the world.
      Drugs are good for the US government at least...
      The Taliban have banned opium cultivation once again. Let's wait for Afghan War 2.0...

    • @vivianaugusta3000
      @vivianaugusta3000 ปีที่แล้ว

      In 1997 the Taliban banned the production of opium because they thought it wasn't an Islamic act. Guess what happened during the invasion? Afghanistan became the world's biggest producer of it.

  • @justanotherfella4585
    @justanotherfella4585 ปีที่แล้ว

    “Somewhat awkward “!!!

  • @pogiboy3571
    @pogiboy3571 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    kudos to David Lee Roth.... VH ROCKS!!!