Well, if the world wants the canal to actually work and Jimmy Carter had a critical case of self righteousness and didn't understand "in perpetuity", it's time to enforce an agreement and we get it back. A deal's a deal.
Panama has agreed to leave the Latin American initiative for China. They are the first country to do so, to comply with the United States. So they can keep operating and have the canal that's the Chinese signs are coming down and they are kicking them out. They are complying with the US, again the first Latin American country to do so. Let's watch.
From what I've gathered, it wasn't to "leave it", it was to "not renew" it -- a considerable difference.
The question then becomes, when is it supposed to renew? If that time is more than 4 years away, then saying you're going to leave means absolutely nothing.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio suggested in a meeting with Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino on Sunday that the administration of President Donald Trump may move to seize the Panama Canal on the grounds that the Panamanian government has violated the agreement that gives the country control over the waterway.
Panama took control of the Panama Canal, built by the United States prior to the establishment of the Panamanian state, under the 1978 Torrijos-Carter Treaties, a foreign policy priority for former President Jimmy Carter. The treaty requires Panama to keep the canal running as neutral territory without preference given to any foreign power and allows Washington to seize it if Panama violates the neutrality provision.
So are we going to foot the bill for upgrading the canal? I have read that it is getting pretty tight for the newer, larger ships. Or am I mistaken and that was the Suez or Erie canal?
Well, if the world wants the canal to actually work and Jimmy Carter had a critical case of self righteousness and didn't understand "in perpetuity", it's time to enforce an agreement and we get it back. A deal's a deal.
Panama has agreed to leave the Latin American initiative for China. They are the first country to do so, to comply with the United States. So they can keep operating and have the canal that's the Chinese signs are coming down and they are kicking them out. They are complying with the US, again the first Latin American country to do so. Let's watch.
From what I've gathered, it wasn't to "leave it", it was to "not renew" it -- a considerable difference.
The question then becomes, when is it supposed to renew? If that time is more than 4 years away, then saying you're going to leave means absolutely nothing.
From the article,
Secretary of State Marco Rubio suggested in a meeting with Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino on Sunday that the administration of President Donald Trump may move to seize the Panama Canal on the grounds that the Panamanian government has violated the agreement that gives the country control over the waterway.
Panama took control of the Panama Canal, built by the United States prior to the establishment of the Panamanian state, under the 1978 Torrijos-Carter Treaties, a foreign policy priority for former President Jimmy Carter. The treaty requires Panama to keep the canal running as neutral territory without preference given to any foreign power and allows Washington to seize it if Panama violates the neutrality provision.
They violated it and are now complying.
Sounds like a second chance situation.
So are we going to foot the bill for upgrading the canal? I have read that it is getting pretty tight for the newer, larger ships. Or am I mistaken and that was the Suez or Erie canal?