# Manuel Antonio Noriega dies, goes to hell **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 30, 2017, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manuel-antonio-noriega-dies-goes-to-hell/787721 "2017-05-30T15:43:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manuel-antonio-noriega-dies-goes-to-hell/787721/1 "2017-05-30T15:43:37Z")
[Manuel Antonio Noriega dead at 83.](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/30/world/americas/manuel-antonio-noriega-dead-panama.html?_r=0) I’ve worked in Panama since 1977. I saw Noriega’s rise in the 1980s and the destruction he wreaked on his country. The US bears some of the blame for having supported the military dictatorship, and Noriega himself, before he turned on it. But Noriega himself was a vile human being who set his country back 20 years. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manuel-antonio-noriega-dies-goes-to-hell/787721/2 "2017-05-30T16:25:13Z")
Damn. There goes my coke connection. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manuel-antonio-noriega-dies-goes-to-hell/787721/3 "2017-05-30T16:41:49Z")
Farewell, Pineapple Face. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manuel-antonio-noriega-dies-goes-to-hell/787721/4 "2017-05-30T17:37:55Z")
Wow, I would have bet a day’s pay/night’s drinking that he was already dead. I hope they have Van Halen play at the funeral. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manuel-antonio-noriega-dies-goes-to-hell/787721/5 "2017-05-30T19:05:40Z")
Chris Cornell, d. 5/17/2017 Roger Ailes, d. 5/18/2017 Gregg Allman, d. 5/27/2017 Manuel Noriega, d. 5/29/2017 And the Universe continues to maintain its Karmic Balance. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manuel-antonio-noriega-dies-goes-to-hell/787721/6 "2017-05-30T20:45:45Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Farewell, Pineapple Face. I love [that song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95RNUOtiloI)! It totally fucking rocks! (The whole album is fantastic, IMO!) ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manuel-antonio-noriega-dies-goes-to-hell/787721/7 "2017-05-30T20:56:16Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > Wow, I would have bet a day’s pay/night’s drinking that he was already dead. He had been in poor health since he was repatriated to Panama from France in 2011. I used to regularly drive past the prison where he was held here. He had a benign brain tumor, which was operated on in March. He hemorrhaged, and has been in a coma/sedated since. His family just decided to discontinue treatment. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manuel-antonio-noriega-dies-goes-to-hell/787721/8 "2017-05-30T21:03:09Z")
Only 20 years? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2017, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manuel-antonio-noriega-dies-goes-to-hell/787721/9 "2017-05-31T11:23:01Z")
Dude could sure rock camo clothing. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2017, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manuel-antonio-noriega-dies-goes-to-hell/787721/10 "2017-05-31T11:55:07Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > [Manuel Antonio Noriega dead at 83.](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/30/world/americas/manuel-antonio-noriega-dead-panama.html?_r=0) > > I’ve worked in Panama since 1977. I saw Noriega’s rise in the 1980s and the destruction he wreaked on his country. > > The US bears some of the blame for having supported the military dictatorship, and Noriega himself, before he turned on it. But Noriega himself was a vile human being who set his country back 20 years. If by some; you mean “most”, then you are correct. He was an American asset through and through. Trained by you guys and then aided and run as a CIA agent. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2017, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manuel-antonio-noriega-dies-goes-to-hell/787721/11 "2017-05-31T15:34:30Z")
Yeah, while I didn’t _like_ the guy the fake moral outrage by the same American government that supported him as long as he was useful was rather ridiculous. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2017, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manuel-antonio-noriega-dies-goes-to-hell/787721/12 "2017-05-31T16:26:46Z")
I wouldn’t say the moral outrage was fake. More like they were dismayed at seeing their interventionist plot turn into absolute shit, but managed to have it interpreted as moral outrage.