Panama Drops fees for US military Transportation

[justoffal]

Now this is what you call the art of the deal!

Panama eliminates charge fees for U.S. government vessels to use the canal

Panama eliminates charge fees for U.S. government vessels after meeting with Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

www.yahoo.com

 

[WorldWatcher]

https://www.reuters.com/world/state-dept-says-us-government-vessels-can-now-transit-panama-canal-without-fees-2025-02-06/

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[JoeB131]

Now this is what you call the art of the deal!

Panama eliminates charge fees for U.S. government vessels to use the canal

Panama eliminates charge fees for U.S. government vessels after meeting with Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

www.yahoo.com

Kind of meaningless, as our aircraft carriers are too big to pass through the canal.

Also doesn't solve the underlying problem that the Canal is dependent on fresh water sources that are drying up due to Climate Change.

What we need to do is invest in a sea-level canal that doesn't rely on lock system dependent on water supply.

Getting Panama to end their Belt and Road Agreement with China just means China will take a second look at building that sea-level canal in Nicaragua.

 

[luiza]

Kind of meaningless, as our aircraft carriers are too big to pass through the canal.

Dang me . Mighty funny .

As if anybody ever mentioned that possibility .

Anyhow the need for Aircraft Carriers from now on is zero .
The biggest sitting ducks imaginable in a world of Hyper Sonic missiles and Direct Energy weapons .

They estimate that Russia could down the whole US fleet in 20 minutes though usually half of the total fleet ( 5 or 6) are in dry dock at any one point in time these days .

Dang me . What a total waste of funds .

 

[struth]

Kind of meaningless, as our aircraft carriers are too big to pass through the canal.

Also doesn't solve the underlying problem that the Canal is dependent on fresh water sources that are drying up due to Climate Change.

What we need to do is invest in a sea-level canal that doesn't rely on lock system dependent on water supply.

Getting Panama to end their Belt and Road Agreement with China just means China will take a second look at building that sea-level canal in Nicaragua.

Believe it or not, but our military has more sea vessels then just aircraft carriers.

 

[justoffal]

Kind of meaningless, as our aircraft carriers are too big to pass through the canal.

Also doesn't solve the underlying problem that the Canal is dependent on fresh water sources that are drying up due to Climate Change.

What we need to do is invest in a sea-level canal that doesn't rely on lock system dependent on water supply.

Getting Panama to end their Belt and Road Agreement with China just means China will take a second look at building that sea-level canal in Nicaragua.

Well....if they do I don't see that as a bad thing.
The US could pay to use it while they do the same to the Panama canal. Let's face it if the Panama canal is going to continue forward it needs to become a sea level canal also.

 

[justoffal]

Believe it or not, but our military has more sea vessels then just aircraft carriers.

Additionally the government has an enormous fleet of boats that are non military.

 

[okfine]

Panama says the OP is lying...

Panama slaps down Trump administration's claim about free passage for U.S. ships

The Panamanian government on Wednesday slapped down claims being made by the Trump administration that it had agreed to grant free passage for United States military ships through the Panama Canal.The Wall Street Journal reports that Panama is denying the State Department's claim that American...

www.rawstory.com

 

[TimFitz]

Now this is what you call the art of the deal!

Panama eliminates charge fees for U.S. government vessels to use the canal

Panama eliminates charge fees for U.S. government vessels after meeting with Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

www.yahoo.com

Fox lied to you again.

 

[justoffal]

Fox lied to you again.

Maybe they did.... It wouldn't be the first time.
However I did see the video and the interpretation of the Panamanian President.

 

[Sherlock Holmes]

This is another lie, when are you trumpanzees going to snap out of this?

Panama accuses US of peddling ‘intolerable falsehood’ about canal

President José Raúl Mulino denies making a deal that US ships can transit the canal free of charge

www.theguardian.com

 

[struth]

This is another lie, when are you trumpanzees going to snap out of this?

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Panama accuses US of peddling ‘intolerable falsehood’ about canal

President José Raúl Mulino denies making a deal that US ships can transit the canal free of charge

www.theguardian.com

The guardian, haha it’s a tabloid like people mag

 

[Sherlock Holmes]

The guardian, haha it’s a tabloid like people mag

I chose The Guardian for no particular reason, the stories is false there's no controversy about that, Trump is a bare faced liar. Tell me please, anybody here, why are you regarding this claim as true?

 

[struth]

I chose The Guardian for no particular reason, the stories is false there's no controversy about that, Trump is a bare faced liar. Tell me please, anybody here, why are you regarding Trump's claim as true?

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Is it war ships or all ships? Seems to be some details that the headlines and pananam might be confused on

 

[okfine]

Trump Musk MAGA = habitual liars

 

[WorldWatcher]

Is it war ships or all ships? Seems to be some details that the headlines and pananam might be confused on

The original release by State was "US Government Ships". Which would include Navy, Coast Guard, NOAA, Military Sea Lift, etc. It would include civilian cargo ships.

WW

 

[marvin martian]

This is another lie, when are you trumpanzees going to snap out of this?

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Panama accuses US of peddling ‘intolerable falsehood’ about canal

President José Raúl Mulino denies making a deal that US ships can transit the canal free of charge

www.theguardian.com

^^^Notice the lie in the subheading above. They say "US ships", not "US government ships". Easily fooled a dummy like Sherlock Holmes, the rest of us, not so much.

 

[Independent thinker]

Now this is what you call the art of the deal!

Panama eliminates charge fees for U.S. government vessels to use the canal

Panama eliminates charge fees for U.S. government vessels after meeting with Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

www.yahoo.com

Trump is going to have to write a new book.

 

[struth]

The original release by State was "US Government Ships". Which would include Navy, Coast Guard, NOAA, Military Sea Lift, etc. It would include civilian cargo ships.

WW

That might be the confusion

 

[justoffal]

Dang me . Mighty funny .

As if anybody ever mentioned that possibility .

Anyhow the need for Aircraft Carriers from now on is zero .
The biggest sitting ducks imaginable in a world of Hyper Sonic missiles and Direct Energy weapons .

They estimate that Russia could down the whole US fleet in 20 minutes though usually half of the total fleet ( 5 or 6) are in dry dock at any one point in time these days .

Dang me . What a total waste of funds .

Yes the new generation of missiles renders aircraft carriers all but useless. Going forward submarines will rule the ocean.