Comments on: Nicaragua accuses Costa Rica of wanting to rebuild an Army

By: Fhuh Kew

Fhuh Kew — Fri, 27 Sep 2013 11:57:00 +0000

Well. CR DOES have a VP that is genetically predisposed to real estate thievery and chickenhawk abuse of the less fortunate.

By: crbob

crbob — Fri, 27 Sep 2013 10:13:00 +0000

Look back at history and you will find that this is just such a situation that the U.S. wants to foster so that they can intervene and take out Ortega in Nicaragua…..

By: roberto

roberto — Fri, 27 Sep 2013 02:06:00 +0000

Since the Revolutionary War, legal permanent residents in the USA are eligible to enlist in the military. Roughly 35,000 non-citizens are serving in
active duty military and about 8,000 join each year.

Non-citizen service members offer several benefits to the military. They are more diverse linguistically and culturally than citizen recruits, which is particularly valuable as the U.S faces the challenges
of the Global War on Terrorism.
Also, according to a military research, once non-citizens have joined the military, they are far more likely to complete their enlistment obligations successfully than their U.S.-born counterparts.

By: Gary Hogan

Gary Hogan — Thu, 26 Sep 2013 18:40:00 +0000

I like the fact that Costa Rica does not have a standing army. Perhaps a country with an army (Panama, Columbia, US, China) can guarantee the borders against aggressive Nicaragua (they seem to want the oceans, rivers, and provinces of Costa Rica). Is there anything Ortega doesn’t want? …maybe CR’s debt?

By: PublicEnemy2u

PublicEnemy2u — Thu, 26 Sep 2013 18:31:00 +0000

Maybe the Chinese will provide the tanks, they’ve already provided the stadium for the gathering of the detainees

By: Oliver Wendell Holmes

Oliver Wendell Holmes — Thu, 26 Sep 2013 16:57:00 +0000

It’s odd how Commandante Daniel, who’s country owns the 2nd poorest economy in the Americas, and is looking to the tourism sector to bootstrap into more prosperity, is willing to scuttle all that by this aggressively provocative path he’s on.
Someone maybe should remind him, that you can’t have your cake and eat it, too.

By: NorthendFool

NorthendFool — Thu, 26 Sep 2013 16:54:00 +0000

Two poor impoverished countries pointing the finger at each other. Nothing will happen.

By: Ken Morris

Ken Morris — Thu, 26 Sep 2013 16:22:00 +0000

Well, what did CR expect? Nicaragua was not about to take its accusations lying down. While the charge that CR wants to rebuild its army is farfetched, Castillo’s comments lend it plausibility. Worse, unless cooler heads prevail, this is where all this is heading. However, something tells me that CR is looking for someone else to do its fighting for it. Allying with Colombia and Panama would seem to be part of this search.

By: roberto

roberto — Thu, 26 Sep 2013 15:17:00 +0000

Maybe CR should consider giving the million or so Nicaraguans living in CR residency if they would enlist in the new CR military for 2 years. Sort of a ‘pathway to citizenship’ while protecting the borders.