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That is not to say that I agree with this purchase as not all the facts
have
been released.

Yeah, I don't know enough about it to draw any conclusions

Forgive me if this is a bad analogy, but if Bush is pushing to sell
ports to the UME, then is this any comparison to Carter giving away
the lease on the Panama Canal, and about 10 mil for the transfer?


Sort of different. This is our soil. Panama is not. And, if you agree with
JimH on the idea that there's an impenetrable wall between operations and
security of the ports, you'll want to be sure to live another 20 years, so
you can read (in history books) about the people at the CIA & NSA who are
now trying to tell the president that this UAE thing is a dangerous idea.
You won't hear about it now, but it most certainly *will* be historical
fact.

Doug Kanter wrote:

Sort of different. This is our soil. Panama is not.

Panama is Panama *because* of the US. And the Canal Zone was under US
control "in perpetuity" until Jimmy Carter gave it away to a corrupt
dictator. Them's the phacts.

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Skipper

On Thu, 23 Feb 2006 05:59:13 -0600, Skipper wrote:

Doug Kanter wrote:

Sort of different. This is our soil. Panama is not.

Panama is Panama *because* of the US. And the Canal Zone was under US
control "in perpetuity" until Jimmy Carter gave it away to a corrupt
dictator. Them's the phacts.

Enlighten us. What Panamanian gave us the Canal "in perpetuity"? Or what
Colombian for that matter? Yup, we stole the Canal Zone fair and square.

"thunder" wrote in message
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On Thu, 23 Feb 2006 05:59:13 -0600, Skipper wrote:

Doug Kanter wrote:

Sort of different. This is our soil. Panama is not.

Panama is Panama *because* of the US. And the Canal Zone was under US
control "in perpetuity" until Jimmy Carter gave it away to a corrupt
dictator. Them's the phacts.

Enlighten us. What Panamanian gave us the Canal "in perpetuity"? Or what
Colombian for that matter? Yup, we stole the Canal Zone fair and square.

Are you suggesting that Scupper should attempt to locate and visit the
public limebrerry?

thunder wrote:

Panama is Panama *because* of the US. And the Canal Zone was under US
control "in perpetuity" until Jimmy Carter gave it away to a corrupt
dictator. Them's the phacts.

Enlighten us. What Panamanian gave us the Canal "in perpetuity"? Or what
Colombian for that matter? Yup, we stole the Canal Zone fair and square.

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107870.html

And if you wich to review the source material:

http://tinyurl.com/fe6k

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Skipper