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2003-09-22 East Asia

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Posted by Whiskey Mike 2003-09-22 12:01:27 PM|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 hope they've changed their definition of peacekeeping. Last time it was a little mop-up op in Tienanmen square

Posted by Frank G 2003-9-22 12:32:41 PM|| 2003-9-22 12:32:41 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 That's one way to take care of the Quebecois.

Posted by Robert Crawford 2003-9-22 12:50:57 PM|| [http://www.kloognome.com] 2003-9-22 12:50:57 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Perhaps they shouldn't ask the Canadians about the 'equiping peacekeepers' part.

Posted by Yank 2003-9-22 3:49:43 PM|| 2003-9-22 3:49:43 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 It will be valuable training for the North Korean aftermath.

Posted by Super Hose 2003-9-22 4:13:44 PM|| 2003-9-22 4:13:44 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 I think it's a fine development. This sort of thing tends to draw them into the fold. One hermit kingdom is more than enough...

Posted by Fred 2003-9-22 5:14:12 PM|| 2003-9-22 5:14:12 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 "how Canada ... equips ... peacekeeping troops". Garage sales and E-Bay, as I recall.

Posted by Anonymous 2003-9-22 5:32:12 PM|| 2003-9-22 5:32:12 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 China and peace keeping in the same breath makes me want to gag. This is the land of one-baby policy, the SARS outbreak, mischief in Korea, Pakistan and India.

It is not in our national interest that the Chinese gain any practical experience.

Posted by Douglas De Bono 2003-9-22 11:56:32 PM|| [http://www.DouglasDeBono.com] 2003-9-22 11:56:32 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Ironically enough, the only UN force that ever did much actual fighting, the one that kept Kim Il Sung from adding South Korea to his slave empire, was opposed largely by this self-same Chinese People's Liberation Army.

According to the Chicoms, their troops who fought in Korea were strictly volunteers, even though it emerged during interrogation that many of them did not know in what part of the world they were fighting.
According to an old friend who actually witnessed these interrogations, one prisoner guessed that he was in the Phillipines, since there were Americans around, but he thought it might be too cold. Another suspected that it was Mexico, since the people were brown and spoke an incomprehensible language.

Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2003-9-23 12:16:06 AM|| 2003-9-23 12:16:06 AM|| Front Page Top

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