insomniac17 said:
Hey, I don't approve of a lot of what my government has done either. But here; I would like to formally apologize on behalf of my country for its actions in starting the rebellion in Panama, and for taking control of the Panama Canal (if this is what you meant...?) from Panama for so many years. I would also like to apologize for the government's support of the Contras in Nicaragua, placing Trujillo into power in the Dominican Republic, the assassination of Allende and the support of Pinochet in Chile, and the Cuban Embargo (especially as it is still going on now...). I'm sorry. While this apology doesn't matter much in the grand scheme of things, many of us US citizens are not proud of many things that our country has done (even if we don't admit it), and we do not always agree with the actions of our government. |
Not really. Panama used to be a province of Colombia, which, I have to admit, felt quite abandoned by the central government, but there were no serious attempts of secession. Then came the US put some frigates, and instigate a revolution, then came the independence, then they take the control of the canal, and if I'm not wrong your government didn't wanted to hand the control back to Panama XD
It's ok mate. I know one can't judge all the people for the actions of their governments, but I do think that people can do more to control the actions of their governmetns. I mean, the invasion of Iraq, Gitmo, environmental issues, just make you look like world assholes, and they represent you, then thats why its easy to think that the whole population are a bunch of global bullys.
