They always look so small. Authoritarian leaders brought to justice seem hugely diminished. Remember, “We got him.” In Iraq in 2003, Paul Bremer, the head of the Coalition Provisional Authority, used those words to announce that the fugitive Iraqi leader, Saddam Hussein, had been captured hiding in a hole in Northern Iraq.
Manuel Noriega of Panama was a big-time dope dealer in chief. Surrounded by U.S. forces in Panama City in 1990, he was driven from his sanctuary in the Vatican Embassy by relentless punk rock music by artists like The Clash and Van Halen blaring 24/7 over loudspeakers.
