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.
  • MehBlah@lemmy.worldEnglish
    20·
    6 days ago

    This dumbass thinks he can win against the whole world. I really hope he doesn’t get my kids killed.

  • mlg@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    7 days ago

    Central command watching Southern Command carry out their legacy of invading Iraq.

  • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    52·
    7 days ago

    Oh wow great, fantastic, I get to go from my rat race software engineering job to getting drafted to fight in fucking Panama?

    Swear to god I’m gonna see if I can request asylum overseas or some shit

  • TooManyFoods@lemmy.worldEnglish
    98·
    7 days ago

    Democrats support Ukraine? Warhawks! Talking about invading panama? I don’t know, probably crickets.

  • Kane@femboys.bizEnglish
    51·
    7 days ago

    Ah, yes. Been a few days since the last ‘invasion threat’. Wonder when he will come back on this.

  • ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    30·
    7 days ago

    If I was younger, when the US starts a war in Greeland or Panamá, I would enroll to fight them. I’m sure the modern equivalent of international brigades will be created for exactly the same purpose they were created 89 years ago.

  • Baron Von J@lemmy.worldEnglish
    171·
    7 days ago

    I’m really dreading the amount of well-deserved crap I’m going to get from the in-laws the next time we go back to visit Panamá.

    • naught101@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      6 days ago

      Out of interest, were US Panamanians (?) Part of the more general Latin swing toward trump?

      Not trying to say it’s good, but I do wonder how those people are feeling/thinking now.

      • Baron Von J@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        6 days ago

        No idea. Some of my wife’s cousins who are deal dual citizens were Trump voters in 2016, so I imagine they remained so this time around.

        edit: autocorrect typo

  • My_IFAKs___gone@lemmy.worldEnglish
    91·
    7 days ago

    Can Trump just make Vance a temporary general or something and charge him with recruiting an army of MAGAsites to be his own personal division of Fluff Grinders to invade and subsequently be captured/imprisoned?

    • Zzyzx@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      3·
      7 days ago

      Apparently part of the treaty that returned the canal to Panama means that either Panama or the US can unilaterally ensure the canal’s neutrality if they feel it is threatened. So I’m sure they could make the argument that it falls under this. It would be bullshit, of course, but so are all of their other arguments.

    • TachyonTele@lemm.eeEnglish
      81·
      7 days ago

      Supposedly he’d have to have a reason, such as terrorism like you say, in order to pull a Bush Jr Invasion.

      In todays wacked out evil af world… who knows. Im wondering why he’s just not using the CIA to “covertly” do this. But then again it could all be a bluff.