Posted on 03/14/2025 1:30:51 PM PDT by Macho MAGA Man
Commentary President Donald Trump delivers remarks on the jobs report from the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., on March 7.Commentary President Donald Trump delivers remarks on the jobs report from the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., on March 7. (Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images) Trump Orders Military to Plan Operation for Retaking Panama Canal: Report
By Samantha Chang March 14, 2025 at 6:45am Advertisement - story continues below President Donald Trump has directed the military to devise options for expanding U.S. troop presence in Panama to achieve his goal of “reclaiming” the Panama Canal.
Potential plans range from “partnering more closely with Panamanian security forces to a less likely option of U.S. troops’ seizing the canal by force,” two U.S. officials told NBC News on Thursday.
Sources said while military coercion is highly unlikely, it could become an option if Panama doesn’t cooperate with the United States.
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The headline is misleading-— Why they gots to LIE???
That’s a nice canal you have there.
Lots of countries have plans on the shelf prepared for all sorts of things that will never happen. It’s called contingency planning
> two U.S. officials told NBC News <
Unnamed officials + NBC News = could be true, but probably not
Just put a fancy satellite over their head. They’ll do whatever you want.
two U.S. officials told NBC News on Thursday. So, her “Report” is based on hearsay from NBC, whose report was based on ‘Two U.S. Officials’. This is not reporting.
Lots of countries have plans on the shelf prepared for all sorts of things that will never happen.
Panama!?! We do the same on Israel and they do the same on us.
posted article is based on NBC fake news, which in turn is based on “sources”:
this may or may not be true; hard to tell because it’s based on a rumor ...
The Fake News Cycle 101:
1. Some “news” outfit gens up fake “news” based on “sources”
2. A second “news” outfit repeats the original fake “news” as a “report”
3. and avalanche of subsequent fake news media reports the “report” as the gospel truth ...
Surely invading Panama is one of those plans that is kept constantly or at least frequently updated.
> Surely invading Panama is one of those plans that is kept constantly or at least frequently updated. <
I would think so. But not to take the canal from Panama. Instead, to take the canal from whomever might take it from Panama.
When Carter turned the canal over to Panama, the treaty contained the provision that the US retained the authority to defend the canal. If no plans now exist, the DOD has been remiss in a basic duty.
Fake News, no different than we’ve ever had
Yeah, of course they had to gild the Lily.. Everybody has a plan to kill everybody at all times, pffht.
Hope they have plans to refurbish the zone. Panamanians have let it go to hell.
When I crossed over the Gatun locks 17 or so years ago, everything looked in poor shape.
“Why they gots to LIE???”
Clicks
So idiots like me will click like I did to get here :)
They didn’t have a plan already? Heck, they probably have plans to invade Bali.
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