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He is absolutely right. The US should leverage the Great Lakes, Panama, Gatun.

The trouble with "leveraging" the Great Lakes is that all but Lake Michigan are shared with Canada. Lake Ontario, for example, is pretty much split down the middle. 9+ million Canadians rely on that lake as cities like Toronto, Hamilton, Kingston and Mississauga are all on the lake. Would Canadians sit still while the US started draining off a resource so critical as their water?

As a Michigander, anyone that wants to divert Great Lakes waters is looking for a fight. Those lakes are Michigan.

Also, the Michigan militia.

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