When Bush I killed about 4,000 people in Panama to kidnap ex-CIA operative, ex-Bush family servitor, and then-Panamanian president Manuel Noriega—who is still held incommunicado in a one-man underground prison near Miami—we were immediately told stories. He had a photo of Hitler hidden in his office, he wore bright red underwear, and so on. Much fun was made of his acne scars. This is SOP.