Incoming President Donald Trump made the mainstream media go apoplectic earlier this month, when he did not publicly rule out the use of military force to take back the Panama Canal.
I'm not sure that the system works where a politician has policy ideas and builds the consensus amongst his cohort of colleagues to implement them effectively. That is called statesmanship. I think we have a system where lobbyists lobby politicians who are not statesmen but puppets. Of course lobby is a code word for bribe and lobbyist a code word for bribe maker and probably politician a code word for bribe taker.
Perhaps Trump heralds a return to capable men properly groomed to be statesman. Of course, we have our demographic problems that make such men who are American and interested in American interests increasingly less likely to ascend and if they do to have large enough consensus blocks to be effective.
Not to be a naysayer. I think this makes a great case for American control of the canal. It was after all Columbus who discovered that potential passage, surveyed it and had the vision for it coming to life. We seem intent to let interlopers throw away our heritage and with it our future. If we can overcome that problem we can overcome anything. A restoration of American's spiritual health will result in a restoration of our worldly position.
I'm not sure that the system works where a politician has policy ideas and builds the consensus amongst his cohort of colleagues to implement them effectively. That is called statesmanship. I think we have a system where lobbyists lobby politicians who are not statesmen but puppets. Of course lobby is a code word for bribe and lobbyist a code word for bribe maker and probably politician a code word for bribe taker.
Perhaps Trump heralds a return to capable men properly groomed to be statesman. Of course, we have our demographic problems that make such men who are American and interested in American interests increasingly less likely to ascend and if they do to have large enough consensus blocks to be effective.
Not to be a naysayer. I think this makes a great case for American control of the canal. It was after all Columbus who discovered that potential passage, surveyed it and had the vision for it coming to life. We seem intent to let interlopers throw away our heritage and with it our future. If we can overcome that problem we can overcome anything. A restoration of American's spiritual health will result in a restoration of our worldly position.