[corkoman]

We took "Panama" from the Colombians and gave it to the "Panamanians" with an important provision - that we have a 10-mile wide swath through the isthmus for 99 years with an option (ours) for an additional 99 more.

Thanks Jimmy for giving Panama back to the "Panamanians" so that Latin America would finally start to love us.

Why the Colombians make a huge stink about that is hard to understand.

[Theoria]

[Cyber Liberty]

First I’d heard about the option for another 99 years....

[alexander_busek]

We took "Panama" from the Colombians and gave it to the "Panamanians" with an important provision - that we have a 10-mile wide swath through the isthmus for 99 years with an option (ours) for an additional 99 more.

On February 26, 1904, the Isthmian Canal Convention was proclaimed. In it, the Republic of Panama granted to the United States in perpetuity the use, occupation, and control of a zone of land and land under water for the construction, maintenance, operation, sanitation, and protection of the canal.

source: Wikipedia (I know!)

Regards,