[Deprogram]

“(The Canal Zone) is every bit as much American soil as is the land in the states that were carved out of the Gadsen and Louisiana purchases, as is the state of Alaska”
New Republic magazine, 3/17/76

[RegulatorCountry]

“(The Canal Zone) is every bit as much American soil as is the land in the states that were carved out of the Gadsen and Louisiana purchases, as is the state of Alaska”

Well, then, I suppose no objection can be raised with giving those states to China as has been the case with the Panama Canal. /s