| For once, Obama has nothing to do with the sleazy aspects of the story. |
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| Obama told of British ex-pat's murder before foreign secretary | |
| 2012-04-22 | |
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| Posted by:ryuge |
| #6 Great minds, etc., John. ;-p |
| Posted by: Barbara 2012-04-22 18:33 |
| #5 I must have been typing while you were posting Barbara. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2012-04-22 17:48 |
| #4 Or that there would be no interruption in Sino-American *cough* campaign cash bundling? Bingo. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2012-04-22 17:47 |
| #3 "Or that there would be no interruption in Sino-American *cough* campaign cash bundling?" Ding-ding-ding-ding! I think we have a winnah, magpie. |
| Posted by: Barbara 2012-04-22 17:45 |
| #2 If I am following the article: (1) Man dies; (2) Chinese tell US diplomats; (3) US President gets briefing really, really quickly; (4) someone finally picks up a phone to pass the information to the British; and therefore: "It's a Conspiracy! Deep, dark and most-foul conspiracy sez' I!" Weak tea... Agreeing with TW, the interesting bit is why the Chinese felt a need to drop the dime in the first place, hmmm? To assure the US that there was no Stalin-style Purge in the offing? Or that there would be no interruption in Sino-American *cough* campaign cash bundling? |
| Posted by: magpie 2012-04-22 16:57 |
| #1 Who made the decision that telling the head of the hyper-power was a higher priority than telling the head of the murdered man's government? And why, when it appears to me, in my ignorance, that China's policies and practices won't change immediately as a result, and therefore no immediate planning or response on the part of America will be needed. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2012-04-22 13:53 |