Everyone forgets that this was built during the 8 years of #42's horrible reign.The Pictures are on Newsmax.com (and have been for years) for anyone who thinks this is a myth.It's a Perfect Cover and startling.
Even supposing they did pose a present danger, we could easily blow up the base in the Bahamas, take back the Canal, and kick out Chavez, etc... Today is not the problem. Even assuming GW wins in '04, I think the changing demographics of the country make it likely that someone from the Democratic Leadership Council will win the Presidency from '08 on (unless Rice runs). That means that a Clinton or Carter type will be in charge. That's the rub. We are only now starting to realize the damage 25 years later that Carter did to this country by letting the Shah of Iran be overthrown (kickstarting islamic fundamentalism) and signing over the Canal.
I for one am uncomfortable to have a huge block of communist countries (Brazil, Venezuela, Cuba, Columbia? Argentina? etc...)to the south.
But maybe I'm just being paranoid.