The Invasion Of Panama

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to protect the lives
of Americans at home by attempting to eliminate drug trafficking. Second, they
wanted to "protect American interests and rights under the Panama Canal Treaty"
(Watson 69). This could be done by abolishing Noriega's control of the workers
who operate the canal, and his control of the canal itself. Third, they wanted
to "restore a democratic and freely elected government to Panama" (Watson 107).
Here, the U.S. would gain control over the country and ensure a fair election.
And, finally, they wanted to "apprehend Noriega" (Watson 69) for prosecution in
the U.S.. This would ease the difficulty of restoring democracy and eliminating
drug trafficking, as well as giving Americans a feeling that justice was being
served. These objectives gave the mission clear goals to achieve, allowing for
the planing of each task that needed to be completed in order to accomplish the
mission.
Once objective has been established, the next step was to derive a
simple plan, ...

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lead to victory.
In order to maintain an effective offensive there must be effective
unity of command. This principal of war is vital to any mission. Unity of
command "obtains unity of effort by the coordinated action of all forces toward
a common goal...it is best achieved by vesting a single commander with the
requisite authority" (Stofft 7). From the beginning, the U.S. heeded this
principle of war. Flanagan points out that General Thurman "insisted on its
application in this operation" (Flanagan 34). He also states that, "General
Stiner would be in overall command of all U.S. combat forces, regardless of
service, including Special Operations Forces" (Flanagan 34). In this a ...

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