>As a mini example see what happened when Noriega had started switching his allegiances from the US to a Soviet block. Hm... Not quite. Noriega began switching

>As a mini example see what happened when Noriega had started switching his allegiances from the US to a Soviet block. Hm... Not quite. Noriega began switching allegiances to the Soviets well after the relationship with the US became hostile, and well after the US made it clear they want him gone, due to Iran-Contra and other reasons. He was also a dictator who lost an election by a factor of 3 to 1 a few months before the invasion. Bush was still hesitant to invade until a group of unarmed off-duty US soldiers was attacked, one of them killed and others abused in custody. Not defending the idea of propping up dictators or invading countries to remove them, just that this is not a good example of the point you're trying to make.