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Politics : Stop the War! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: jttmab who wrote (3540)	3/26/2003 10:29:48 PM
From: Spytrdr	Respond to of 21614

so true ___ <<This is not a new phenomena of US foreign policy...in the early part of 1903 we were negotiating with the country of Columbia to dig a canal through the Isthmus of Panama. For an up front payment and reasonable annual fees, all we wanted was control of the Panama Canal in perpetuity. The Senate of Columbia thought "in perpetuity" was longer than they wanted to sign up for and failed to ratify the agreement. By sheer coincidence, no doubt, there arose anti-government sentiment on the Isthmus of Panama. The US, being a freedom loving country wanted to help those freedom loving people on the Isthmus, and as luck would have it, we had some warships available to help out those freedom loving people get under the thumb of the oppressive Columbians. <s> Before 1903 ended, Panama was independent and the US had a ratified treaty granting the US control of the Panama Canal....in perpetuity.>>