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