no, china doesnt have missiles stationed, as of right now, the article i recieved that from was that China bought/aquired the panama canal from the usa, and that they have the right to station troops theere, and the belief was that along with the troops, could be airbases, or missile launch pads-i dont know how vaild it is, but its plausible, and they could also restrict access to the canal by the us navy and propose a serious threat the mainland usa if war breaks out-whereas now if we go to war with them- they pose no threat to continental northamerica unless nukes are used... as for what u said about iraq, i dont understand what u meant

Originally posted by imAMERICAN
no, china doesnt have missiles stationed, as of right now, the article i recieved that from was that China bought/aquired the panama canal from the usa, and that they have the right to station troops theere, and the belief was that along with the troops, could be airbases, or missile launch pads-i dont know how vaild it is, but its plausible, and they could also restrict access to the canal by the us navy and propose a serious threat the mainland usa if war breaks out-whereas now if we go to war with them- they pose no threat to continental northamerica unless nukes are used...

Panama is leased to a Hong Kong firm, purely for economical reasons. Panama actually still recognize ROC(Taiwan) as the sole China, not PRC. Your fears are not warranted, and is paranoia.

as for what u said about iraq, i dont understand what u meant

Because you said "our troops arent a threat unless attacked-thats the usa troop stance, dont fire unless fired upon. "

[edit on 2-9-2004 by zcheng]

when ur invading a country, dont fire unless fireed upon isnt in effect, that is only for troops not in war. troops stationed somewhere not fighting or under hostile conditions..