‘There will be many casualties’: Panama girds for war as Rubio opens talks

[einkorn@feddit.org]

They should ask the Swiss for their expertise as they had rigged most of their border bridges for decades.

[palmtreeisbesttree@lemmy.world]

Honestly I hope they rig it to blow

[cyd@lemmy.world]

They have no armed forces. Panama always assumed that because of the importance of the canal, in case of external aggression the US will step in to defend them. LOL.

[kandoh@reddthat.com]

What a ridiculous waste of resources.

[anomnom@sh.itjust.works]

They have to be careful because it runs on their biggest city’s water supply. They need to rig the valves closed in a way that’s difficult to fix.

[rizzrustbolt@lemmy.world]

They don't need to blow it. They just need to sabotage the locks.

Without functional locks, it is just the world's largest water feature.

[fenririii@lemmy.world]

Republicans, what a ridiculous waste of oxygen

[mirshe@lemmy.world]

Pretty much this. Even with modern equipment, it would be a huge feat of engineering to fix the locks in a short enough timeframe to not have a huge effect on the world economy. Without the Panama Canal, cargo ships are gonna be burning WEEKS navigating around the Cape or coming around through the Arctic.

[adameatsass@lemmy.world]

Why is this funny?

[agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works]

Probably because the US is now the aggressor?