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The ChiCom are running the Canal, and raking in the cash via trade with the West, an open ally of the Cuban government, they are, on their own right, a formidable enemy. The Canal gives them access, and Cuba provides them with friendly harbors, landing fields, and real state just minutes away, as the ICBM flies, from major US cities.

Luis, Luis, Luis. Relax dear friend. The ChiComs are NOT running the Canal. The Panamanian Government is. A Chinese company has a contract to modernize two ports, two ports out of several that are being built/modernized. (Americans have contracts for others.) The Chinese company got the bid on Balboa and Cristobal not because their bid was the lowest but because they paid the biggest bribe. The management of the company is British and the workers are Panamanians.

I hope you feel a little better now. Have another cup of coffe on me. By the way, I have some Cuban coffee here. May I brew you up a cup?

--my thoughts are the chinese are always using dual or triple redundant efforts, and are always using the trojan horse method to expand their influence. I'm not down there but you are. Here's a theoretical question that is probably unanaswerable but bears contemplation. How many of the chinese 'civilian" workers and management down there on these construction projects are also members of the PLA, as opposed to the american workers/managers being part of our military? I would assume *some* on both sides are, but in totality?

"The ChiComs are NOT running the Canal. The Panamanian Government is."

"The Chinese company got the bid on Balboa and Cristobal not because their bid was the lowest but because they paid the biggest bribe."

I feel better already.....

/sarcasm