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To: longnshort who wrote (727079)2/21/2006 11:35:21 AM
From: goldworldnet  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 769670
 
Even though the agreement with Panama allows the United States to intervene if the waterway's neutrality or U.S. interests are in danger, the battle for Senate approval -- by only one vote in 1978 -- was politically costly for the Democrats and helped Ronald Reagan win the White House in 1980.

"This was not a popular treaty," Carter acknowledged.

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To: longnshort who wrote (727079)2/21/2006 11:44:14 AM
From: pompsander  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 769670
 
So your point is that because Carter made a stupid treaty...stupid, stupid, stupid...that we should now make a stupid decision involving our ports?


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