Nicaragua has given China the contract to build an alternative to the Panama Canal
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AAAGHH YOU NICARAGUAN COPYCATS!! YOULL NEVER TAKE OUR CANAL MONEYYYYY
[editline]9th June 2013[/editline]
wE'RE ALSO BUILDING A SECOND CANAL HAHA! HOW DOES THAT SOUND NOW FAGGOTS
[QUOTE=Vodkavia;40955241]We must build four more canals in response.[/QUOTE]
Might as well pay to relocate every citizen of Costa Rica and blow the country up to try to compete with China on this.
[QUOTE=Paul McCartney;40956059]I never said it would. I'm saying that they will take at least a chunk of the 100 years they are given.[/QUOTE]
A good chunk of their route is already a giant lake that at most, would need a little dredging.
The Nicaragua Canal doesn't quite have the same ring as the Panama Canal.
[QUOTE=Vodkavia;40955241]We must build four more canals in response.[/QUOTE]
I'm glad China's trying to do shit now because maybe it'll be another thing akin to the space war.
[QUOTE=The_J_Hat;40960192]The Nicaragua Canal doesn't quite have the same ring as the Panama Canal.[/QUOTE]
The Nicanal.
You can build canals in sweatshops?
Introducing, the all new, iCanal.
[QUOTE=The_J_Hat;40960192]The Nicaragua Canal doesn't quite have the same ring as the Panama Canal.[/QUOTE]
You mean the Chinese Canal?
[QUOTE=Dr.C;40957242]They'll be making a ton of money if they make it large enough for really large ships like US aircraft carriers or oil tankers to get through. I know aircraft carriers have to sail around the bottom of South America[/QUOTE]
Well the Panama Canal is not wide enough to support most container ships, which is why they are widening it. However, at the same time companies are making their super container ships even wider. If the Chinese are smart, they'll make it a lot wider than it needs to be to support puppies like this:
[img]http://i.imgur.com/XLonkul.jpg[/img]
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_e_class[/url]
That ship is too big to even use American ports.
[editline]9th June 2013[/editline]
It's designed for Europe-Asia routes.
We need a new palindrome. Panama has:
A man, a plan, a canal: Panama.
What does this one havae?
Did no one else notice this... ?
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/lFfvjG2.jpg[/IMG]
That island in between the rivers looks like a big, veiny dick. I...
[QUOTE=barttool;40957286]AAAGHH YOU NICARAGUAN COPYCATS!! YOULL NEVER TAKE OUR CANAL MONEYYYYY
[editline]9th June 2013[/editline]
wE'RE ALSO BUILDING A SECOND CANAL HAHA! HOW DOES THAT SOUND NOW FAGGOTS[/QUOTE]
3 months later...
Casus belli acquired: repay debt :v:
[QUOTE=Vodkavia;40955241]We must build four more canals in response.[/QUOTE]
[b]Mr. President, we must not allow a canal gap![/b]
[img]http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2005/09/07/strangelove_wideweb__430x284.jpg[/img]
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