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2004-01-17 East Asia

U.S. Welcomes Taiwanâs Changed Referendum

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Posted by Steve White 2004-01-17 1:53:10 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Granted we are engaged in Iraq and Afghanistan. There is the real possibility of war on the Korean Peninsula and a major dust up in the Taiwan Straits is not in our interest. But soner or later we are going to come face to face with the reality that it is either us or Red China.

Somehow in all the happy talk after the fall of the Soviet Union, we forgot there remains a major communist power trying to extend its claws across the entire Pacific Rim.

Posted by Douglas De Bono 2004-1-17 10:08:47 AM|| [http://www.douglasdebono.com] 2004-1-17 10:08:47 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 In terms of the Pres saying this whielthe CHinese Premier is sitting there, lets just remember the old maxim:

Diplomacy is saying "Nice Doggy" while you reach for the big stick nearby.

That, and they may be wanting to let China rot a bit more from the inside in hopes of a USSR type collapse over a decade or so. We blew it with Tianamen the first time, but they cant keep the cork in forever.

Posted by OldSpook 2004-1-17 9:32:41 PM|| 2004-1-17 9:32:41 PM|| Front Page Top

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