Tensions over U.S. control of the Canal Zone came to a peak in 1964 when a group of Panamanian students attempted to raise the Panamanian flag at the high school inside the Canal Zone, a civilian ...
If hostile force threatens to take control of the waterway, that will be the time for the U.S. to rattle our sabers.
The strategic waterway is a symbol of pride for a tiny country that shed blood to take control of it.