Well, well Willi and D1 it

[Jawge]

look like Landlord legit

http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/2...business5.html

aaah bwoy

[Sir X]

Claffys running the Island. People who should know call it rum bar talk and heads of gov running full speed into deals they have little control over that said,China could go the Hong Kong route make back door deals with the USA to develops the place like Britain did with HK.

[Jawge]

Boss remember this guy that introduced to you years back?

Quote: "And therefore a prince who does not understand the art of war, over and above the other misfortunes already mentioned, cannot be respected by his soldiers, nor can he rely on them. He ought never, therefore, to have out of his thoughts this subject of war, and in peace he should addict himself more to its exercise than in war; this he can do in two ways, the one by action, the other by study."

So in times of peace Landlord has to ponder war. Deepen goat island and that can hide submarines to threaten the east coast (where both of us live). Remember; in WWII it didn't take the US long to retool its auto industry to churn out tanks, war planes and other military equipment (in large numbers).

History is very important.

[Sir X]

In other words Portia nuh ready.

[Jawge]

How yuh get dat from what I said? Explain.

[Don1]

Hold your champagne until Babylon makes a claim on this Jamaican property.

The article notes (as I stated) that Babylon has effectively abandoned the property.

Further... if Babylon wishes to stop the development whether in Goat Islands or on ANY other plot in Jamaica... all they have to do is say STOP...and it done

Babylon nuh need nuh lease fi dat

[Sir X]

I thought she is the P.M leading our economic war against 40yrs of poor GDP growth .

[Sir X]

Glad you admit Babylon ave a say.

[Don1]

Admit???

I've been saying they don't need some defunct colonial era lease from jump

[Sir X]

Weak spin.

[Don1]

Don1 nuh deal wid spin...pace mi seh

The point is that the US doesn't need a silly issue like a long forgotten treaty with a colonial power to stop Jamaica from dealing with China. If that was the case another plot of land could be used for the development to foil their design

All the United States needs to do is...what they've ALWAYS done. i.e. tell the Jamaican powers that be...NO. DAT NAH GUH WERK. FIGGET BOUT DAT.

So no ridiculous, flimsy, hollow pretext about some irrelevant colonial era arrangement needs to be invoked for Babylon to get its wishes

Wi nuh new to geo-politricks fi excited by sideshows

[Sir X]

That said , proof has been provided that the USA has a legal framework to contest any development on Goat Islands or Vermafield.

Given the visa card that they have CC Bruce Golding JLP administration/Duduss Gate.

[Don1]

I've not seen "proof"...only newspaper articles..

The big picture is not Goat Islands or whether some court case can be made out of the property... since the project can possibly be located elsewhere

It's about whether the United States wishes to allow this strategic development to proceed in Jamaica at all

[Gamma]

i am not so sure, the terms of the lease would be important. it would include repossession, use etc .....

not sure that i would bank my money on abondenment ESPECIALLY if all the money was paid upfront.

[Sir X]

Again Don wouldn't you call that admitting the USA /Master/Landlord has a say ?......It's about whether the United States wishes to allow this strategic development to proceed in Jamaica at all