Trump is RIGHT about Regaining the Panama Canal

Libhater said:
Who would be against regaining the Panama Canal? In fact, just like we made Alaska a state, which in
turn gave us more leverage over possible Russian attacks, Wouldn't having the U.S. control the Panama
Canal give us total say in barring China et al enemies from setting up house so near our mainland. Also,
there would be less if no chance that China would be sending spy balloons across the entire interior of
our country. Greenland & Canada may very well be open to becoming another part of a strong and
unified United States, or at least being unified territories of the U.S. I know, unifying America at this
point will be quite a struggle while having so many Marxists and pro illegals still occupying parts of
our homeland. Less we forget Puerto Rico in becoming a U.S. state as well.
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Who would be against it? The traitor democrats who support China and hate America, of course.

You'll have all five @Guno צְבִי socks angrily posting to each other in minutes...
 
Walt said:
Just a reminder, when you get your information from trump, it is usually a lie.

About 28,000 people died during the construction of the Panama Canal, not 38,000. About 22,000 died during the French phase of the construction, so not American. Exactly 5,609 died during the American phase of the construction. The reason that so many fewer died during the American phase, and the reason we have an exact number of the deaths, is the Americans took health more seriously.

Anyway, about half of those 5,609 were actually American citizens. America hired from anywhere, and gave the most dangerous jobs to foreigners.
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The MAGA morons here never mentioned taking back the canal until Trump brought it up. It was never important to them prior to seven days ago. Then like good little mindless cultists, the minions leaped out of their chairs to defend Trump's idiocy.
 
WinterBorn said:
We built the Panama Canal, and then basically gave it to Panama. It is a done deal. They own it.

Unless you are advocating using military force, there is no way the canal comes back to ownership by the US.
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The problem is that Panama climbed in bed with China at the urging of the Obama regime and gave control of the two largest ports of entry. Panama is now under the "Belt and Road" initiative - owing nearly a trillion dollars to China - which is the effective sale of the canal to China, who is the #1 enemy of America and a strategic threat.

Panama still "owns" the canal on paper - but with urging from Obama (as part of his "fuck you" package to Trump as he slithered from office) is so indebted to China as to be nothing more than a vassal state.

The only way I could see America regaining the canal is if we paid off the debt for Panama. I don't think the American public would support that.
 
Cypress said:
The MAGA morons here never mentioned taking back the canal until Trump brought it up. It was never important to them prior to seven days ago. Then like good little mindless cultists, the minions leaped out of their chairs to defend Trump's idiocy.
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sometimes a visionary leader shows us what's possible.
 
Cypress said:
The MAGA morons here never mentioned taking back the canal until Trump brought it up. It was never important to them prior to seven days ago. Then like good little mindless cultists, the minions leaped out of their chairs to defend Trump's idiocy.
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The alt right is always looking for a payday for nothing. trump is good at feeding them fictional excuses for why they deserve a payday for nothing.
 
WinterBorn said:
We built the Panama Canal, and then basically gave it to Panama. It is a done deal. They own it.

Unless you are advocating using military force, there is no way the canal comes back to ownership by the US.
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We never owned the Panama canal zone. We leased the land under contract. It was always sovereign Panamanian land.
 
WinterBorn said:
The US will use military force if Panama breaks the deal they agreed to when we sold the canal to them.
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The United States did not sell the Panama Canal.

The U.S. did transfer control of the canal to Panama.

This was accomplished through the Torrijos-Carter Treaties, signed in 1977 by U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Panamanian leader Omar Torrijos.

The treaties stipulated that the Panama Canal would be turned over to Panama on December 31, 1999. This was not a sale but rather a transfer of control and ownership back to Panama, recognizing Panamanian sovereignty over the canal and the surrounding area.


Roll, Tide!
 
Diogenes said:
The United States did not sell the Panama Canal.

The U.S. did transfer control of the canal to Panama.

This was accomplished through the Torrijos-Carter Treaties, signed in 1977 by U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Panamanian leader Omar Torrijos.

The treaties stipulated that the Panama Canal would be turned over to Panama on December 31, 1999. This was not a sale but rather a transfer of control and ownership back to Panama, recognizing Panamanian sovereignty over the canal and the surrounding area.


Roll, Tide!
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I stand corrected. I thought I remembered reading that the US sold it to them for $1.
 
WinterBorn said:
I stand corrected. I thought I remembered reading that the US sold it to them for $1.
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I forgive you. Anyone of a sufficient age to have interacted with that late, great American Bear Bryant is more prone than the the average person to suffer age-related cognitive difficulties, according to medical literature.

Roll, Tide!
 
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