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Re: What happened to America First? 

By: CTJ in GRITZ | Recommend this post (2)
Wed, 08 Jan 25 7:57 PM | 14 view(s)
Boardmark this board | Grits Breakfast of Champeens! 		Msg. 02293 of 02310
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I don’t think our military would have a problem taking it back.
But occupying Panama might turn into a problem. Panamanians would hate us. Ugly Americans 1960s style.

The Chinese have a strong foothold there. I’m sure they would stir up trouble, and encourage the local citizens to attack us.
We never have done very well occupying other countries. How big of a military force would we need to keep there after we take over the country?


The big problem with the canal today is the Chinese influence & control.

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Re: What happened to America First?
By: De_Composed in GRITZ
Wed, 08 Jan 25 7:07 PM 		Msg. 02292 of 02310

CTJ:

Re: “Occupying Panama would be a disaster.”I've recently read that the U.S. and Panama never signed a valid treaty regarding the canal. Trump may be correct about reclaiming it.

Panama could not put up any serious resistance if the U.S. did this. Its total armed forces in 2016 was 22,050 people. So, in what sense, do you say that taking it back would be a disaster? It might make us look bad in the eyes of the world, but should we care what the world thinks?

IMO, though, Trump is just talking about this in order to gain leverage for future negotiations. 70% of the canal's business is with American ships. After Carter gifted it, Panama jacked the fees waaaaay up. Trump may be trying to get that reversed.

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