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2011-06-16 India-Pakistan

China waits with open arms for a Pakistan rebuffed by America

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Posted by tipper 2011-06-16 05:25|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 They can have them, more trouble than their worth the two faced SOB'S!

Posted by Black Bart Phuling7750 2011-06-16 07:21|| 2011-06-16 07:21|| Front Page Top

#2 What does China get?Yet another enemy of the West alongside Iran,Cuba,Venezuela,Russia etc.

Posted by Paul 2011-06-16 07:28|| 2011-06-16 07:28|| Front Page Top

#3 Be careful what you wish for, China.

Posted by Spot 2011-06-16 07:58|| 2011-06-16 07:58|| Front Page Top

#4 Same goes for Pakistan: Climbing down off of the Dragon is the tricky part.

Posted by mojo 2011-06-16 12:12|| 2011-06-16 12:12|| Front Page Top

#5 The US policy toward Pakistan has always been stupid. We armed Islamic enemies of the US to defeat the Soviet Union and to disturb India. What? Has only brought us agita. Stupid. Reagan and Casey are hailed but they were morons of the first order, altho R. was a nice fella. Draft dodger, like LBJ, but otherwise OK. We let the Paks get nukes which we will regret later in this century. In the end, the Chinese will slaughter all of the Muslim politicals no matter how much they fear India. We need a foreign policy based on traditional roots -- Freedom of the Seas. Alliances with the willing, Free Trade, defend America == ruthlessly.

Posted by jono39 2011-06-16 12:36|| 2011-06-16 12:36|| Front Page Top

#6 Ronald Reagan was a draft dodger? How do you figure, jono39? As for India, remember when they led the so-called Non-Aligned Nations, which voted consistently with the Soviet Union at the UN? They weren't interesting in anything the U.S. had to say until they started opening up their economy in the '90s.

Posted by trailing wife 2011-06-16 13:32|| 2011-06-16 13:32|| Front Page Top

#7 We've been giving them borrowed Chinese money for the better part of a decade now, it surely hasn't bought us any good will for our debt. Let the Chinese pay them directly, and see what it purchases them. I'm guessing dead engineers, treachery, and empty promises.

Posted by Mitch H. 2011-06-16 15:18|| http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/ 2011-06-16 15:18|| Front Page Top

#8 "I'm guessing dead engineers, treachery, and empty promises."

Fingers crossed, Mitch. They deserve each other.

Posted by Barbara 2011-06-16 15:23|| 2011-06-16 15:23|| Front Page Top

#9 Just how much further are we willing to degrade ourselves by paying of this backward, backstabbing, beggar country? We should have stopped long before we realized that we're simply not getting our money's worth.

Posted by AuburnTom 2011-06-16 15:38|| 2011-06-16 15:38|| Front Page Top

#10 How about that, a Moon worshipper.

Posted by swksvolFF 2011-06-16 16:03|| 2011-06-16 16:03|| Front Page Top

#11 a moon-shaped-ass-worshiper

Posted by Frank G 2011-06-16 16:18|| 2011-06-16 16:18|| Front Page Top

#12 Draft dodger, like LBJ, but otherwise OK.

If you bothered to to do a little research, you'd have come up with this:

"On June 21, 1940, Lyndon Johnson was appointed Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Naval Reserve (USNR). Reporting for active duty on December 10, 1941, three days after Pearl Harbor, he was ordered to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Navy Department, Washington, D. C., for instruction. He began working on production and manpower problems that were slowing the production of ships and planes, and he traveled in Texas, California, and Washington, assessing labor needs in war production plants. In May 1942, he proceeded to Headquarters, Twelfth Naval District, San Francisco, California, for inspection duty in the Pacific. Stationed in New Zealand and Australia, he participated as an observer on a number of bomber missions in the South Pacific. He was awarded the Army Silver Star Medal by General Douglas MacArthur."

"Ronald Wilson Reagan enrolled in a series of home-study Army Extension Courses on 18 March 1935. After completing 14 of the courses, he enlisted in the Army Enlisted Reserve on 29 April 1937, as a Private assigned to Troop B, 322nd Cavalry at Des Moines, Iowa. He was appointed Second Lieutenant in the Officers Reserve Corps of the Cavalry on 25 May 1937. On June 18 of that year Reagan, who had just moved to Los Angeles to begin his film career, accepted his Officers Commission and was assigned to the 323rd Cavalry. Lieutenant Reagan was ordered to active duty on 19 April 1942. Due to eyesight difficulties, he was classified for limited service only, which excluded him from serving overseas. His first assignment was at the San Francisco Port of Embarkation at Fort Mason, California, as liaison officer of the Port and Transportation Office. Upon the request of the Army Air Forces (AAF), he applied for a transfer from the Cavalry to the AAF on 15 May 1942; the transfer was approved on 9 June 1942. He was assigned to AAF Public Relations and subsequently to the 1st Motion Picture Unit in Culver City, California. Reagan was promoted to First Lieutenant on 14 January 1943 and was sent to the Provisional Task Force Show Unit of This Is The Army at Burbank, California. Following this duty, he returned to the 1st Motion Picture Unit, and on 22 July 1943 was promoted to Captain. In January 1944, Captain Reagan was ordered to temporary duty in New York City to participate in the opening of the sixth War Loan Drive. He was assigned to the 18th AAF Base Unit, Culver City, California on 14 November 1944, where he remained until the end of the war. He was recommended for promotion to Major on 2 February 1945, but this recommendation was disapproved on July 17 of that year. On 8 September 1945, he was ordered to report to Fort MacArthur, California, where he was separated from active duty on 9 December 1945. While on active duty with the 1st Motion Picture Unit and the 18th Army Air Forces Base Unit, Captain Reagan served as Personnel Officer, Post Adjutant, and Executive Officer. By the end of the war, his units had produced some 400 training films for the Army Air Forces. Reagans Reserve Commission automatically terminated on 1 April 1953. However, he became Commander-in-Chief of all U.S. Armed Forces when he became President on 20 January 1981."

If you had, you wouldn't have been made out to be an ass of the first order, and the rest of your commentary might have a little more credibility.

Posted by Pappy 2011-06-16 16:44|| 2011-06-16 16:44|| Front Page Top

#13 It must suck to belong to a culture where your glory days were a thousand years ago, he said, referring to the soon to be deleted comment from our visitor. Still the Arabs can bloviate with the best; lots of practice, no doubt.

Posted by SteveS 2011-06-16 17:07|| 2011-06-16 17:07|| Front Page Top

#14 Reagan served to the best of his capabilities. The real Hollywood hero was Jimmy Stewart, who commanded an air batallion. Baseball had Ted Williams whose service was delayed because of his youth and home service. Eventually he fought a couple of years in WW2, and honorably re-upped to fight in Korea. Real champ.

Posted by Woozle Gonque5481 2011-06-16 19:30|| 2011-06-16 19:30|| Front Page Top

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