“Under no circumstances should we have unilaterally surrendered our military base rights in Panama. The sovereign right of these United States to the United States territory of the Canal Zone has been jeopardized by treaties between these United States and Panama. Inasmuch as these United States bought both the sovereignty and the grant ownership of the ten-mile-wide Canal Zone,...”
The above statement is patently false, as Panama never surrendered its sovereignty over its own land to the U.S. government. The U.S. government has recognized the Panama Canal Zone as an unincorporated territory not covered by the U.S.Constitution but controlled by Congress. Children born in the Canal Zone are considered simply ‘citizens’ but are not ‘natural born citizens’, period.
I’ll be taking a closer look at this party. I’m still embarrassed by voting for McCain and I will simply not be a Republican if Romney gets nominated.
According to one explanation of the US treaty with Panama in 1903, the US received rights to a 5 mile wide canal zone on each side of the canal in perpetuity.
I remember the Carter years debate, and we had no doubt that the Canal was under our control. As part of the US force that put Noriega in his proper place in Dec ‘89, we still knew the place was rightfully US purchased territory.
You mean, like, John McCain?