Subject: Re: Diego Garcia
I can do this all day.

You mean repeat illogical arguments from other posters? Sure, go ahead.

The Mississippi thing is…laughable. Was it a non-navigable waterway rife with disease? Did it require tens of thousands of lives to get under control? And the equivalent of 10s of billions of dollars and years to complete?

No, no, no and no?
There were other alternatives to surrendering the canal, but like all democrats Carter wanted to feel good about himself rather than look after the United States’ strategic interests.