Trump Orders US Military to Plan Invasion of Panama to Seize Canal: Report | Common Dreams
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U.S. officials familiar with the planning said options for "reclaiming" the vital waterway include close cooperation with Panama's military and, absent that, possible war.

U.S. officials familiar with the planning said options for “reclaiming” the vital waterway include close cooperation with Panama’s military and, absent that, possible war.

  • queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
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    1 day ago

    The cost of rebuilding would be more than just the cost for materials and labor. They’d also have to deal with a generation of vengeful Panamanian guerillas killing the construction workers, sabotaging equipment, and sinking ships.

    • CheeseNoodle@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      20 hours ago

      Yeh it’d be like the situation with the Houthis but worse because the cannal has choke points just one ship wide, and any ship destroyed would block the whole thing for months or even years.