I'm puzzled, Why doesn't anyone on DU think the "Grand Canal of Nicaragua"

[CK_John]

is important or will not be a 2016 issued????

BBC Link:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-30584559

Earlier Post:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026494915

[djean111]

1. It is not that it is not important, I think, but that it is going to happen no

matter what. Unless someone in DC gets all power-mad and decides to make Latin America our colony instead of our back yard. And starts a war with China. The US has been pursuing a path of military engagements and supporting rulers who suit us. The World Bank and IMF have been pursuing building things like China has, but with onerous conditions designed to ruin countries in the name of profits.
Unregulated capitalism and untrammeled MIC were never going to result in a happy and just world. IMO.

[Proud Public Servant]

2. Why on earth would it be?

The US had this idea over 100 years ago and decided Panama was a better location, for a host of reasons. If China wants to build the canal we decided was inferior, let them.

And with the Middle East on fire, Russia in Ukraine, and the Afghanistan draw-down stalled, how on earth would a foreign affairs issue as obscure and speculative as this matter in 2016?

[elfin]

3. It should be, but China won this issue

It is terrible environmentally. It gives a China an even bigger footprint in Middle and South America. Perhaps we have ascertained that it can't be built and will drain their coffers substantially. But Nicaragua is no longer influenced by us.

[NCTraveler]

4. The reason it won't be an issue in 2016 is extremely obvious.

Other than that, I have missed the rash of posts on the topic that have sunk to the bottom of the du canal. Seems like it could be an environmental disaster. Go Nicaragua and China.

[CK_John]

5. Not obvious to me, This is more serious the Cuban missile crisis.

[NCTraveler]

6. Then I am missing something.

Can you at least describe how you think it will be a big issue in the 2016 race? I can't figure out how it will be an issue, much less a big one.

[CK_John]

7. The deal included an China controlled airport, electric grid, NSA type data center,

Cable and Internet centers, supertankers, oil drilling platforms in the Caribbean and China aircraft carriers off the coast of Louisiana.

[NCTraveler]

8. Still missing the big deal.

"The deal included". The time for great concern was during the bidding process or lack thereof. Other countries are allowed to negotiate. I know. The horror.

[Orrex]

12. China is known to engage in human sacrifice, with dogs and cats living together.

True fact.

[LanternWaste]

10. Chinese aircraft carriers off the coast of Louisianan may be the most creative speculation...

Chinese aircraft carriers off the coast of Louisianan may be the most creative speculation I've read this week...

Well played, sir, Well played, indeed.

[CK_John]

11. Why the canal is designed to carry the supertankers and aircraft carriers too big.

for the current canal????

[lumberjack_jeff]

15. On account of shipping companies want moving those big tankers easier?

Just a guess.

[hunter]

9. Thus far it doesn't seem like a realistic plan.

Like the U.S. plan to excavate a seal level canal using hydrogen bombs in the 'sixties.

Pan-Atomic Canal, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Plowshare

[CK_John]

16. China constuction has made great strides since the "sixties" checkout the link o

to the Three Gorges Dam.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Gorges_Dam

http://www.travelchinaguide.com/attraction/hubei/yichang/three-gorges-dam.htm

[Javaman]

13. oh no! is there a canal gap? nt

[Octafish]

14. It's just another global catastrophe.

Not just gonna miss all the freshwater in Lago Nicaragua, it's going to destroy their entire economy, apart from the wealthy bastards. Good money for China's corrupt elite, too. Other than that, not so good for Humanity.