Turkey is specious. These two invasions deserve more comparison. In the case of Turkey the go-ahead signal was genuine, whereas in the case of Iraq it turned out to be a means of deceptive entrapment. Drug charges are trumped up against Noriega, based on acts committed while he was on the CIA payroll. Entire Panamanian Defense Forces wiped out in an attack alleged to be aimed at arresting Noriega.
Media presents side-show entertainment and suppresses extent of invasion and casualties.
New government installed which continues to act as banking center for international drug trade. US tricks Saddam into invading Kuwait, assisted by provocative oil-dumping policy by Kuwait. Media presents side-show entertainment and suppresses extent of invasion and casualties. US employs massive anti-civilian terrorist tactics to force a change of government in Iraq, by means of US domination of the UN process. It is not only Iraq that is threatened by the direction US foreign policy is taking.