Quote Originally Posted by spaldy View Post
Convenient post. No mention of the 25K people that died (many Americans) along with the $375 milllion (600 billion in todays dollars) that the US spent to build this for the American hemisphere. China is working on taking over the operation of the canal. There is a contract with the US that Panama signed when it was turned over to them for $1. They have abrogated the contract. It's not really complicated. Shut down the canal or restrict it to chinese ships only and you impact all of the worlds economy and security. You keep living in your fantasy land that the chinese will be benevolent operators of this ***** canal to the world. I prefer asserting control so that china does not end up controlling it.

Greenland is a ***** strategic outpost for the Americas. With the russians and chinese creating shipping channels through the artic the world commerce situation is rapidly changing. I"m sure that the Russians and Chinese will be benevolent caretakers on these new shipping routes and will gladly let the US, UK, EU and anyone else that trades outside their country.

You might want to research what the sentiment of the citizens of Greenland or Panama is regarding being controlled by Russians or Chinese is vs the US. Denmark is unable to stand up to the Russians or Chinese.
If the USA is so concerned about Greenland, wouldn't the more statesmanlike behaviiur be to engage with the government of that place aimed at providing adequate protection to the area and it's surroundings (bit like the US air base in the Chagos islands), and thereby strengthening the capability of a fellow member of NATO? But since when was Trump capable of statesman like behaviour? He prefers bully boy tactics. America should be proud of the profile he is creating for what was once a powerful AND benevolent society, not!