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Panama says no to U.S. military base
reuteurs ^ | 7/4/08 | reuteurs

Posted on 07/04/2008 4:27:27 PM PDT by Flavius

PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - Panama has ruled out hosting a U.S. military base to replace one in Ecuador which is being reclaimed by the Quito government, a senior Panamanian official said on Friday.

Panama -- along with Peru and Colombia -- had been tipped as a possible site to replace the Manta air base in western Ecuador, a key strategic asset in Washington's campaign to stop Latin American cocaine from reaching the United States.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


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KEYWORDS: carterlegacy; centralamerica; china; cocaine; geopolitics; latinamerica; latinamerican; militarybase; panama; peru; reuteurs; usmilitary; wod
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To: dalereed

You left off the sarcasm tag...right?


61 posted on 07/07/2008 9:00:45 PM PDT by villagerjoel (Unfortunately, Mr Worsley's crab will not be displayed in any museum. A friend has eaten it.)
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To: villagerjoel

“You left off the sarcasm tag...right?”

Nope, just as it was in my company,I couldn’t put them in prison for using drugs but instantly instantly fired them!


62 posted on 07/07/2008 9:06:31 PM PDT by dalereed (both)
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To: tbpiper; marktwain

“´Because they’re going to do it anyway´ is not a good argument.”

I defer to the comment “marktwain” made:

“People make choices all the time that others think is bad for them. The problem is that in trying to enforce choices that do not clearly hurt another person, you open the door to the State running your own life when you are in the minority.

A lot of people think that *you* should not be able to criticize homosexuality, for example, or own a big car, or smoke in your own house, or home school your children, because they believe that you are indirectly hurting yourself and other people.”


63 posted on 07/07/2008 9:08:47 PM PDT by villagerjoel (Unfortunately, Mr Worsley's crab will not be displayed in any museum. A friend has eaten it.)
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To: dalereed
Ah, you meant “drug users like you.” I thought you meant, “people who can analyze a situation and come up with their own opinion about it.”

In conclusion, you're way off, as I'm not a drug user. I just happen to not want to see my hard earned dollars on a wasteful government that causes more corruption than it prevents, pays foreigners not to grow certain plants, and flat out isn't working. The list could go on.

64 posted on 07/07/2008 9:27:03 PM PDT by villagerjoel (Unfortunately, Mr Worsley's crab will not be displayed in any museum. A friend has eaten it.)
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