[ChaseR]

As far as our missile defense-I'm very concerned with the short distance between Panama and the United States, Cuba and the United States - and the Bahamas and the United States ie. Hutchison/Whampoa's control of the Panama Canal and Hutchison/Whampoa's latest contract to run the ports at the Bahamas - of course, that's an entirely different topic/thread.

[Dallas]

I think the only way China could benefit would be to blow it up.

Logistically, they can't defend it. Can they ?