I don’t know of anything serious enough in central America to justify two new military bases...
It’s weird...
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I think it’s weird too. They should be very leery of his intentions. Next thing you know, he will be taking over Panama. I am strongly against this.
“Next thing you know, he will be taking over Panama. I am strongly against this.”
I doubt zer0 would look to take anything over. Rather, I bet a deal is in the works to relinquish Gitmo, and this is the political fig leaf.
“I don’t know of anything serious enough in central America to justify two new military bases...”
I think there may be an interest in deterring the Chinese and Russians from activity there. Wasn’t there a big deal awhile back when the Russian navy was in the Caribbean for the first time in a number of years?
Also, when the day comes that China wants back all the money we have borrowed, and we can’t/won’t pay, they might want to make moves to interrupt our shipping or whatever. They’d be interested in access through the canal.
I would guess that the base deal has been in the works for awhile, from the Bush days, and that Obama is just letting it go forward because he doesn’t care one way or the other. He is more interested in the Olympics and healthcare.