Show Notes Episode 501: Operation Just BecausePt 3 of Summer Series 2025This week host Dave Bledsoe drunkenly demands someone liberate him from the tyranny of paying for his own drinks only to find the pee of liberty can only be watered with cash from drunk podcasters. (Again) On the show this week Summer Series 2025 continues with the Most Expensive Drug Raid in History, the US invasion of Panama in 1989.Along the way we learn why Dave never made it to the military major leagues (he was fat, drunk, slacker). Then we dive into a brief history of Panama, from Spanish Empire’s dream of the shortcut to the Pacific, to the French dream of a short cut to the Pacific to the Americans saying fucking, we’ll dig our way to the Pacific. (and kill a bunch of people doing so!) Then we meet Manuel Antonio Noriega, Panamanian military officer, CIA asset and drug kingpin and how finally stopped being useful to the CIA. (Reagan left office) Then we learn how George HW Bush got sick of Manny’s shit and launched a legally dubious military action to arrest (and prove to America he wasn’t a wimp!)Our Sponsor this week is Blue Spoon Military Marketing, make the most of your illegal invasion with a catchy Operation Name to rally the folks back home with Blue Spoon!  We open with Poppy Bush explaining why we have to invade Panama and close with Patty PerShayla who sings about Panama.Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common SenseThe Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.socialThe Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQThe Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrqOur Website: https://www.whatthehellpodcast.comPatreon:  https://www.patreon.com/WhatthehellpodcastThe Show Line: 347 687 9601Closing Music: https://youtu.be/6sHNd_2F0es?si=dW9olPdwnrR5Gy5hBuy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shopCitations Needed:Operation Just Causehttps://www.jcs.mil/Portals/36/Documents/History/Monographs/Just_Cause.pdfHow Manuel Noriega surrendered to the sanity-destroying power of mallrat musichttps://www.theguardian.com/world/shortcuts/2017/may/30/noriega-panama-music-playlistMusic To Annoy Dictator and Priest Withhttps://open.spotify.com/playlist/0VGlbfQvcSXggt2r2gYrun?si=fsfY_Sp0T76XakOPKTz7CQBush plays only some cards righthttps://www.tampabay.com/archive/1990/01/23/bush-plays-only-some-cards-right/The Noriega Case: Public Opinion;   Panamanians Strongly Back U.S. Movehttps://www.nytimes.com/1990/01/06/us/the-noriega-case-public-opinion-panamanians-strongly-back-us-move.htmlLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices