This is a very interesting piece, China's move to associate themselves with the Panama canal is a lesson without words and the gaining of power beyond action which ultimately could be seen as the highest wisdom in empowering a nation. >From: Alhassan Sisay <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: 'UPS' & 'DOWNS' OF A SUPER POWER! What,Where,When.Why and How?! > Hello Reasons! >Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 20:34:54 -0800 > > By Gerald Flurry > Building the Panama Canal was one of the greatest chapters in >American history. It helps to reveal how America became a superpower, if we >understan the complete history. Today we see an almost totally different >spirit in our leaders. The meaning behind that change contains the >strongest warning ever for America! > >How much do Americans understand their own history? We are called the >world’s greatest superpower ever! But how did we rise to such heights? Most >Americans are ignorant of how it all happened. And that ignorance places us >in grave danger! > >Our building and now surrendering of the Panama Canal reveals a large part >of the story. It gives a powerful insight into the rise and fall of the >world’s greatest superpower. > >President Theodore Roosevelt led our people to build the Panama Canal. He >had a spirit and courage that I don’t see in our leaders today. > >Why would he struggle against great opposition to build one of the foremost >symbols of America’s power? And why do our leaders today have a peculiar >zeal to surrender the Panama Canal? > >What does it all mean to you? We need to understand, because it will affect >all of us in a terrifying way. > >A Noble Project > >Edmund Morris wrote in The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt that “Roosevelt has >been accused of having…contempt for international law, ever since that >afternoon in 1903 when he allowed a U.S. warship to ‘monitor’ the >Panamanian Revolution. If [Roosevelt] loses any sleep over his role in that >questionable coup d’état, he shows no sign. On the contrary, he glories in >the fact that America is now actually building the Panama Canal ‘after four >centuries of conversation’ by other nations. A few weeks ago he visited the >Canal Zone (the first trip abroad by a U.S. president in office), and the >colossal excavations there moved him to Shakespearean hyperbole. ‘It shall >be in future enough to say of any man “he was connected with digging the >Panama Canal” to confer the patent of nobility on that man,’ Roosevelt told >his sweating engineers. ‘From time to time little men will come along to >find fault with what you have done…. They will go down the stream like >bubbles; they will vanish. But the work > you have done will remain for the ages’” (pp. 11-12). > >Roosevelt gloried in our building of the Panama Canal! There had been talk, >talk, talk about building the canal for years by other nations. Teddy >Roosevelt built it! He believed there was a certain “nobility” in this >mighty undertaking. The work of those laborers remains to this day as a >monument of a rising superpower. America felt a strong desire to build the >canal to serve the whole world. > >What would Theodore Roosevelt think of our leaders today who have a passion >to surrender such an awesome possession? > >Our leaders are ashamed to provide the leadership that a great nation >should. What a dramatic change from Roosevelt’s administration! This change >portends a grave danger for the U.S. > >Do we understand, even slightly, why our leaders are so different today? > >Mr. Roosevelt said there would be “little men” who would criticize the >canal project. He would clearly label our present leaders who surrender >this awesome canal as “little men.” > >My purpose is not to play politics. But if Teddy Roosevelt was right, >“little men” will lead our nation to disaster. > >Our history books thunder that he was right. Great nations led by “little >men” end up on the trash heap. How can we so easily push aside the deep >wisdom of one of our greatest leaders? > >The Rough Riders > >Theodore Roosevelt demonstrated the same spirit when he led the “Rough >Riders” to drive Spain from Cuba. Noel F. Busch wrote in T.R.—The Story of >Theodore Roosevelt (emphasis mine throughout): “In 1897, just before his >39th birthday, Roosevelt was summoned to Washington again, this time as >assistant secretary of the Navy. Twenty months earlier, Cuba had risen in >arms against her Spanish masters, and the United States had made plain that >her sympathies were on the Cuban side. Roosevelt believed that the best way >to win, or to avoid, a war was to be prepared to fight one. Accordingly, he >saw his task clearly: get the Navy ready for possible war with Spain….” > >Theodore Roosevelt and his Rough Riders went to Cuba. “The order came to >attack, beginning for Roosevelt what he termed ‘my crowded hour.’ Leaping >astride his horse, he began pushing his men forward from the rear of the >regiment, ‘the position in which the colonel should theoretically stay.’ >But under his urging the rear rank moved faster than the others, closing >with the ranks ahead. Brashly breaking through the line, Roosevelt found >himself not only at the front of his own regiment, but jammed up against >the regulars ahead who were firing on the hills from the cover of the >jungle. > >“‘I spoke to the captain in command,’ Roosevelt wrote, ‘saying that we >could not take the hills by firing at them, we must rush them.’ > >“The captain hesitated; he had no such orders. Roosevelt asked for his >colonel, but the man was not in sight. > >“‘Then I am the ranking officer here,’ Roosevelt declared, ‘and I give the >order to charge. Let my men through, sir!’ > >“With that, he parted the ranks and rode on, followed by the grinning Rough >Riders. > >“It was too much for the regulars. ‘They jumped up and came along, their >officers and men mingling with mine, all delighted at the chance.’ And, as >Roosevelt waved his hat and shouted orders, the troops advanced up the >hill, cheering, firing, running forward in a spirited charge…. > >“As he set out again, the men of the various regiments came on in a rush, >charging across a wide valley toward the Spanish entrenchments. But before >they reached them, the enemy ran. Not content, Roosevelt charged again, and >by the end of the day the Rough Riders found themselves atop a chain of >hills which looked down on Santiago. The battle was over. > >“Two days later the Spanish fleet ventured out of Santiago harbor to its >complete destruction, and shortly afterward the city surrendered. >Roosevelt’s entire experience in battle had consisted of a week’s campaign >and one hard day of fighting, but that was sufficient to change the course >of the coming century. For it was this victory which first made the United >States a great world power, and Roosevelt—now the beloved ‘Teddy’ of San >Juan Hill—was a national hero who would soon guide the destinies of that >power.” > >That is how Teddy Roosevelt led America to solve the Cuban crisis, and that >is the same spirit he manifested in solving the Panama problem. > >That was America on the rise to becoming a superpower. Today we see America >going in the opposite direction. And no amount of intellectual reasoning >will change that sickening fact. > >Something horrifying has happened to America. > >Where do we find such a leader today? Roosevelt was a man who wanted to >lead his country in battle—not avoid his country’s warfare! > >What a contrast to today. > >It takes courageous leaders like Teddy Roosevelt to lead a nation to >greatness! It takes that kind of leadership to deal with Cuba or Panama. >Theodore Roosevelt once wrote, “I preach to you, then, my countrymen, that >our country calls not for the life of ease, but the life of strenuous >endeavor. The 20th century looms before us big with the fate of many >nations. > >“If we stand idly by…if we shrink from the hard contests where men must win >at hazard of their lives and at the risk of all they hold dear, then the >bolder and stronger peoples will pass us by, and will win for themselves >the domination of the world…. > >“We are face to face with our destiny, and we must meet it with a high and >resolute courage. For us is the life of action, of strenuous performance of >duty; let us live in the harness, striving mightily; let us rather run the >risk of wearing out than rusting out.” > >He called upon Americans to “hazard…their lives” for their country. >Politicians today fear risking any American lives—and our enemies know it! >They exploit that weakness continually. > >A serious military threat will inevitably happen in Panama. America can’t >respond with an attack from the air as we did in the Persian Gulf and >Kosovo. We would have to risk the lives of American soldiers. Our >politicians have already shown the world that we fear such bloodshed. > >The truth is, we are surrendering the canal because of that very fear! So >we get American soldiers out of Panama to avoid such a clash. Then we just >act like the canal is unimportant. But we still fantasize like children >that we are a superpower. No real superpower acts that way! > >Was Roosevelt a warmonger? While he was president, the U.S. didn’t have to >fire one pistol. America was at peace. > >Do you know why? Because the whole world knew he and America were prepared >for war and had the will to fight. Today the world knows America is >unwilling to risk lives in defense of freedom. > >On December 16, 1999, we surrendered the Panama Canal. Now “bolder and >stronger peoples will pass us by, and will win for themselves the >domination of the world”—because of America’s weakness! > >Teddy Roosevelt demonstrated the spirit that made America great. Any good >history book should teach us that America has changed radically since the >time of Theodore Roosevelt. If he was right, we are about to lose our >superpower status—and a lot more! > >American Decline > >During the past 200 years, at the height of their power and prior to their >recent decline, Britain and America possessed nearly every major sea and >land gate in the world (see map). > >When Britain truly “ruled the waves,” its naval forces controlled >Gibraltar, Malta, the Dardanelles, the English Channel, Suez, the Gulf of >Aden, the Andarman and Nicobar Islands, Zanzibar, Cape Town, Ceylon (Sri >Lanka), the Straits of Malacca, Singapore, Hong Kong and the Falkland >Islands. > >America had control of the great Pacific sea lanes by possessing the >Aleutians, Hawaiian Isles, Midway, Guam, Wake Island, the Philippines and >the Panama Canal. > >Panama is, by far, of the greatest strategic importance to the U.S. It is >the gateway controlling access to and from the two greatest oceans—the >Atlantic and the Pacific. This great sea gate has for almost 85 years >controlled most of the flow of goods by sea from the eastern to the western >hemisphere and from the West to the East. > >Although the French began the project in 1879, it was the U.S. which funded >and completed the Panama Canal. The U.S. concluded the Hay-Bunau-Varilla >Treaty with Panama in 1903. This treaty granted the U.S. control of the >ten-mile strip stretching across the Central American isthmus, designated >the Canal Zone. We paid $10,000,000 to Panama for this grant of sovereignty >“in perpetuity.” (That sum was more than we paid for Alaska and Florida.) >Additionally, the U.S. gave compensation to the owners of the land which >comprised the Canal Zone and thus obtained complete ownership of the land >within the Canal Zone. > >American taxpayers funded the canal project to its completion. The finished >project included port facilities at both the Pacific and Atlantic ends of >the canal, three major locks and all associated equipment to power, operate >and maintain these facilities. As President Reagan stated, “We bought it, >we paid for it, it’s ours, and we are going to keep it.” > >He had been pre-empted, however, by President Jimmy Carter, who, in 1977, >concluded dubious “treaties” with President Omar Torrijos of Panama, >promising to give the canal to Panama at noon on December 31, 1999. The >fact that two thirds of the American people were opposed to these >“treaties” did not faze President Carter at the time. Subsequent research >has thrown doubt on whether the treaties were legal within the context of >both the U.S. and Panama constitutions. > >Even though two thirds of the American people were opposed, Mr. Carter >undemocratically led us into a shameful treaty! > >The undemocratic process continues. Now we surrender the canal when most of >the Panamanian people don’t even want us to leave. That is because they >understand the danger better than our leaders do! > >Is this the act of a superpower? > >History clearly demonstrates the kind of spirit and courage it takes to >build a superpower. But we are ignoring this history; American leaders are >naively dismantling the number-one superpower in a world full of tigers. > >Still, this descent goes even deeper than our history books could ever >reveal. > >Building the Canal > >Charles Dorothy wrote in The Plain Truth magazine, November 1965, when >Herbert W. Armstrong was the editor in chief: “The American (California) >gold rush in 1849 caused urgent need for a quick route to the West Coast. >By crossing the isthmus at Panama (territory owned by Colombia), travelers >from the American East Coast to the west could save 8,000 miles! > >“The dense, humid isthmian jungle gave way to swinging axes and dynamite as >gleaming railroad tracks joined the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. 1855 saw >the completion of the $7,500,000, 471/2-mile Panama Railway—the first >cross-continental railway ever built. > >“America built that railroad. > >“The success of the American railroad in turn encouraged the building of >the canal. But America was not interested in, nor able to build a canal. >God’s time had not come. > >“Try as she might, however, America could not pull out of the isthmus. > >“Between 1850 and 1904, there were ten separate landings of American troops >on Colombian (Panamanian) soil to preserve peace and order, to keep the >railway open, to protect the lives of American citizens. > >“In his book Fear God and Take Your Own Part, pages 313-317, President >Roosevelt lists the ten landings, along with 53 revolutions, revolts, >unsuccessful rebellions, uprisings and other outbreaks in Panama between >those same years—53 riots in 53 years!” > >Ten times America had to send troops to protect the Panama Railway. The >uprisings were stopped because the rebels knew America would not tolerate >it. That is how America did things in our past as we rose to greatness. > >Even the railway would not have been built today. Which of our leaders has >such a global vision today? We can never serve the world without using our >God-given power. > >Fear God and Take Your Own Part sums up the firm convictions of >Roosevelt—his belief in God and in taking a strong role in world affairs. >The fruits of that understanding were magnificent. But which of our leaders >looks to his example? > >Surrendering the Canal > >“September 24, 1965, saw the startling announcement...that the >Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty is to be abolished! The U.S. will give up whatever >semblance of ‘ownership’ it has left. > >“The new treaty will effectively recognize Panama’s sovereignty over the >area of the present Canal Zone…. > >“As James Kilpatrick reports: ‘What kind of bargaining is this?… The >defense and canal installations represent an investment of billions of >dollars in American tax funds…. It is not accurate to describe this treaty >as a sell-out, for a sell-out implies some payment in return for principles >yielded. This is surrender, abject surrender, to a gang of blackmailers >whose bluff came down to this: Throw in your hand or we’ll riot again’ (Los >Angeles Times, Oct. 5, 1965). > >“Remember, it is not the Panamanian people who are blackmailers; it is the >crooked political leaders. > >“History proves we will lose the canal. We negotiated a defeat with Panama >on July 28, 1926, again in 1936, and again in 1963 when riots broke out >over the question of flying a Panamanian flag in the Canal Zone. The United >States has done nothing but hedge, crawl, dodge, yield, relinquish, back >down and give up ever since we began to build!… > >“One of the greatest engineering masterpieces the world has ever seen, one >that has ‘served the United States and the world well for 50 years,’ one >that played a big hand in raising America to the top of the world, is going >down the drain…. > >“The Panama Canal stands as one of America’s foremost symbols of greatness >and power. Our ‘pride’ is largely Panama” (ibid.). > >This was written in 1965! James Kilpatrick called the rebels “a gang of >blackmailers.” > >History did indeed prove that the U.S. would lose the canal as our >leadership got weaker and weaker. Now watch and see what a disaster the >Panama Canal becomes for the U.S. > >Few of our people are deeply concerned about the canal today. That is >another sign that we have lost our world vision and are bogged down in a >greedy present. > >I predict—based on history and the Bible—that the Panama Canal area will be >a great curse to America in the near future. And that curse has already >begun! > >Enter China > >Through an underhanded deal struck by a money-grasping Panamanian >government and the giant Hong Kong-based Hutchinson Whampoa conglomerate, >control of the Panama Canal virtually went to a declared enemy of the U.S. >at the canal’s handover. > >The Panamanian government sold two prime U.S.-built port facilities to a >Chinese company, which many say operates as a front for the Chinese >Communist Party. The 50-year contract between Panama and Hutchinson Whampoa >effectively places the ability to open and shut this great sea-gate into >the hands of an enterprise based in, and subject to, the influence and >direction of Communist China. Not only has Hutchinson Whampoa been granted >full control over the ports at both entry and exit points of the Canal, the >Panamanian government has granted long-term options to this Chinese >enterprise for the takeover of a number of military installations scheduled >for evacuation by the U.S. > >Any student of military strategy should see the startling possibilities >which are opened up by such a deal. At 12 noon, December 31, 1999, an >enterprise of China, the nation possessing the world’s largest army, which >is aggressively expanding its navy and air force, took control of the major >sea-transit gateway between East and West. In effect, this gave Red China >the power to deny the U.S. Navy right of access through the Panama Canal. >Transit of military matériel, personnel and provisions via the canal was >crucial to the U.S. strategic efforts during World War II, Korea, Vietnam >and the Persian Gulf. > >It is feasible that this secret, illegal deal between Panama and the >Chinese will open up a base for Chinese warships, submarines and bombers >only 900 miles from Miami. Should the Red Chinese choose to base their J-11 >attack jets in Panama, ostensibly to promote the “security” of the canal, >this would place them within striking distance of the U.S. mainland. The >potential threat to U.S. and world security posed by the Panama-China deal >is difficult to fathom! > >Recently the current U.S. administration abandoned one of its strongest >Asian allies. The U.S. president renounced the old alliance with Taiwan, >reading from a prepared script concocted by the Red Chinese leaders! To >make genuine mistakes in dealing with foreign policy through >misunderstanding, or even incompetence, is one thing. To make public >statements, over a period of time, in a manner which encourages the known >strategy of an enemy, is another! > >China has already declared their plans to take over Taiwan—by war if >necessary. Would we defend Taiwan as we have in the past? Not likely. >Especially since China could now attack us from Panama! > >Many believe this whole affair is tied to illegal political contributions >by the Chinese in the last U.S. election. Regardless, the rotten fruits of >this whole China-Panama deal smell to high heaven! > >It is a colossal disaster that will haunt us to the very end. It will play >a key role in destroying America as a superpower. > >The American people are being bombarded with foreign-policy surrenders on >the part of their leaders! > >It is reported that last summer, in a closed session with the Senate >Foreign Relations committee, Admiral Thomas H. Moorer, USN (Ret.), former >chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, warned of grave security risks >brought on by the Chinese takeover of the Panama Canal. The admiral >declared, “I’m an old sailor now, but I know trouble when I see it…trouble >that could evolve quickly into a conflict in our own hemisphere with >worldwide implications…. I speak of the transfer of the Panama Canal to the >Panamanian government under the circumstances which now exist. There’s far >more going on there than meets the eye” (WorldNet Daily, Oct. 19, 1998). > >One of the most strident voices speaking out on the Panama Canal issue over >the past 15 years is G. Russell Evans, Captain, U.S. Coast Guard (Ret.). In >the preface to his recently published book, Death Knell of the Panama >Canal, Captain Evans states, in relation to the Panama/Hutchinson Whampoa >deal, “If this scandalous swindle is consummated, Americans will have >surrendered the greatest single achievement of our 221-year history, the >most meaningful contribution ever made by one nation for the benefit of all >nations, and most important, we may have ‘written the final chapter in the >history of America’s greatness as a world power’…and it will all have been >done by deliberate violations of the Constitution of the United States” >(pp. xxi-xxii). > >Please read that again. > >Admiral Moorer, in his 1978 Senate Armed Services Committee testimony, >said, “The defense and use of the Panama Canal is wrapped inextricably with >the overall global strategy of the United States and the security of the >free world.” Twenty years later, Admiral Moorer declared to the Senate >Foreign Relations Committee, “We are talking about the control of a >strategic part of the world in our hemisphere, shortly to be controlled by >the largest country on earth, Communist China…. We have dropped the ball in >the Canal Zone, and the game is almost over.” > >These are frightening words from an important authority on the subject. > >Sin Against Our Birthright > >Here is how James J. Kilpatrick analyzed the conflict: “There comes a time >when great powers must behave as great powers. Not every source of conflict >can be removed. Some conflicts must be endured; they must be lived with. >Not every wounded sensitivity can be soothed. > >“When every reasonable and prudent concession to Panama has been made, a >line has to be drawn: No more.” > >America has shown little or no resolve regarding the Panama Canal. Will our >surrender of the canal win us respect from Latin Americans? > >One expert on U.S.-Latin American affairs said in 1965 (in the April Plain >Truth magazine): “Americans should not accept the superficial view about >the ultimate reaction in Latin America to the giveaway of the canal. The >Latins respect power. What they distrust and deride is weakness, >appeasement and surrender. I can assure you that they will look upon >American withdrawal from Panama with incredulity and contempt. > >“Besides, their own security is clearly involved. It’s a slur on their >common sense to assume that Latin Americans could really welcome control of >this all-important commercial and naval passageway between the Atlantic and >Pacific by a small, weak and chronically unstable country.” > >Will America win respect from Latin America and the world? No, just >“incredulity and contempt.” America refuses to see that we have become a >spineless spectacle before the world. That is the way the world sees us. > >All the Panamanians had in 1965 was a 6,000-man national guard. They had no >army! They have not even had a military since 1989. But America backed down >in 1965 and continues to do so today! > >We are demonstrating a military weakness this world has never seen before! >How disgustingly weak can we become? > >America the superpower has a terminal illness and is about to die. All you >need in order to understand that is a basic education in history. > >If you understand Bible prophecy also, you absolutely know our days are >numbered. > >How can Panama, a tiny country of 2.8 million people and no military, >possibly protect the canal and those great military bases left behind by >the U.S.? > >These jewels will attract terrorists or nations who have the power and >vision to see their value! > >Our problems in Panama are just beginning! > >What few people realize is that the Panama Canal was a part of our >birthright from God. > >Write for our booklet The United States and Britain in Prophecy. It will >fully explain what is happening to America and Britain today. > >“That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy >seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea >shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies” (Gen. 22:17). >The major “gate” spoken of here is the Panama Canal. This is what was >prophesied to befall us in “the last days” (Gen. 49:1). God gave us these >blessings, and now He is taking them away because of our sins. > >These words of Moses contain great prophecies for the end time. The prophet >Daniel, whose message is for the end time, tells us so (Dan. 9:12-13; 12:4, >9). > >“And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as >iron, and your earth as brass” (Lev. 26:19). God has “broken” the pride in >our power. That is why our people are not stirred by what is happening in >Panama. Something is terribly wrong with us! We are afraid to use the power >God gave us. Our immediate future is very bleak unless we turn to our great >God, and not to some false religion that professes to follow the Bible, but >really doesn’t. That includes any leaders who surrender the Panama Canal >and call our weakness righteousness! > >Why is the canal so unimportant to us and so important to the Chinese? >Because the Chinese have pride in their power and a world vision! > >China deceitfully established themselves in Panama even before we left. Our >politicians should have made a deafening outcry over this >nation-threatening disaster. But they didn’t. > >Why don’t they respond as Theodore Roosevelt did? Because he had a pride in >our power that they simply don’t have. > >Our sins have made us a weak spectacle before the world. > >We are too foolish to realize that a superpower can’t run and hide like a >child. Several nations lust for the renown of destroying the world’s only >superpower! > >“And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into >their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf >shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they >shall fall when none pursueth” (v. 36). Today we flee from a shaken leaf! >From a tiny nation with no military! How shamefully weak! A few students, >or thugs, rioted against us in Panama, and we fled in fear! Just as God >said we would. > >How shameful an end to such a great power. > >Assistant Secretary of State William Rogers said in 1965 that if the U.S. >failed to recognize Panama’s full rule or sovereignty over all its >territory, it could “lead to a confrontation with Panama…and a real >possibility that the canal would be closed in the process.” > >We cowered before their 6,000-man national guard! Can’t we see what has >happened? > >How pathetic! Teddy Roosevelt would have bitterly scorned such weakness. >One man helped greatly in building a superpower—Fear God and Take Your Own >Part. The other one helped to tear it down. > >We have such problems because our leaders have less and less faith in the >God who gave us our birthright. > >“And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced >walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land: and he >shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the Lord >thy God hath given thee” (Deut. 28:52). God said our enemies would surround >us—we are becoming besieged as a nation and besieged in such sea gates as >the Panama Canal. This is happening in the land “God has given” us. Therein >lies the problem. We don’t know that all these blessings came from God. So >now God is replacing the blessings with curses. > >How long must God curse us before we awaken? That is the big question each >one of us must answer. The decision is in our hands—nationally and >individually. > >If the nation won’t heed, you can do so individually, and God will protect >you. But you can’t be weak like the U.S. God wants us to be strong, >physically and spiritually. > >The whole world is watching. Unless we repent before God, they will see our >ignominious end! And so will you. > >Thankfully, America’s downfall will usher in the return of Jesus Christ! > > Copyright © 2005 Philadelphia Church of God >All Rights Reserved > > > Page compiled in 0.548 seconds > var sc_project=652149; var sc_partition=5; > var sc_security="e1792db7"; > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Tired of spam? Yahoo! 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