[GeronL]

He needs confrontation. He needs it, all of these 'revolutionaries' need it. They need enemies and of course the US is always convenient but they need internal enemies too.

[pepsionice]

He’s hoping for the Tony Noreiga scenario.

If you remember Omar Torrijos and how he got kicked out of Panama....he flew back into David, Panama where a low-ranking Panamanian officer had 100 men. Omar talked this guy into accepting him back into the country and helping to reinstate him as president....which Tony Noreiga helped to accomplish.