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2011-05-19 China-Japan-Koreas

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Posted by tipper 2011-05-19 05:06|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 this is what worries me, people.

While we have been wasting cash and treasure, and blood, in Iraq, Afpak and now Libya, the Chinese are saving their money and fuel.

SO like when the US sat out WWI and became the world's superpower, China are doing the same.

Now the economic burden of middle east wars, costing the US more than $1 billion a day, is taking its toll.

US is deeply in debt and China holds a fair few of the purse strings.

Now China feels like it can give a few orders around the place.

This is what I have been afraid of for quite some time.

THis is the reason I think we should pull all troops out of IRaq, Afghanistan.

Forget those wars we need to just profile Muslims instead of trying to solve the terrorism problem in their country

We can't afford it. We need to bunker down and regroup because there might be a bit of traditional state on state action ahead

Posted by anon1 2011-05-19 05:15|| 2011-05-19 05:15|| Front Page Top

#2 in actual fact if our intelligence agencies were at all "intelligent" we would have made out like Iran and swiftly turned China and the Islamists against each other.

China has the ability to be riled at them easily look at the Uighers. Look how they treat Falun Gong/Falun Dafa.

We could have easily stirred up trouble and sat back, let them fight each other and wear themselves out.

We could still do that, it's not too late.

Posted by anon1 2011-05-19 05:17|| 2011-05-19 05:17|| Front Page Top

#3 All the more reason to ally with India.

Posted by Spot 2011-05-19 07:52|| 2011-05-19 07:52|| Front Page Top

#4 All the more reason to stop shipping our economy to China and creating a peer Communist competitor.

Posted by Zebulon Thranter9685 2011-05-19 07:55|| 2011-05-19 07:55|| Front Page Top

#5 FOAD!

Posted by Water Modem 2011-05-19 08:25|| 2011-05-19 08:25|| Front Page Top

#6 Why do China worry about Pakistan?To keep India in its place?

Its not as if the two countries have anything in common one being ultra religious the other being atheist.

It must be the hate of democracy that binds them!

Posted by Black Bart Phuling7750 2011-05-19 08:27|| 2011-05-19 08:27|| Front Page Top

#7 reply: Tibet

Posted by Frank G 2011-05-19 09:39|| 2011-05-19 09:39|| Front Page Top

#8 India

Posted by Zebulon Thranter9685 2011-05-19 09:45|| 2011-05-19 09:45|| Front Page Top

#9 Vietnam.

Posted by swksvolFF 2011-05-19 11:51|| 2011-05-19 11:51|| Front Page Top

#10 China has warned in unequivocal terms that any attack on Pakistan would be construed as an attack on China.

Wishful thinking by this Pakistani paper. Now, if this editorial had been published in the People's Daily... Besides, Uncle Sam attacks Pakistan daily via drone strikes, and it's not as if the Chinese are sending the PLAAF up to shoot the drones down.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2011-05-19 13:25|| 2011-05-19 13:25|| Front Page Top

#11 Agree with ZF. This is projection, not reality. I would love for China to really throw in with the Pakis. What a drain on China they would be.

Posted by remoteman 2011-05-19 19:26|| 2011-05-19 19:26|| Front Page Top

#12 During the 1971 war, Pakistani commanders were told that China was coming to their aid. One Pakistani unit, surrounded by Indian troops, saw the air filled with white parachutes. The Pakistani came out of their bunkers cheering for their Chinese allies. Problem was, the men on the parachutes were Indian paratroops, who promptly captured them all.

Posted by john frum 2011-05-19 21:02|| 2011-05-19 21:02|| Front Page Top

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