"HarryKrause" wrote in message
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Jeff Rigby wrote:
"HarryKrause" wrote in message
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From ABC NEws:

China passes Taiwan anti-secession law

China's parliament has unanimously passed a law giving the Chinese
military the legal basis to attack Taiwan if it moves towards

independence.


You won't see or hear much from the Bush neoconvicts on this; if you've
got the ability to fight back, the good ol' USA will give you a pass.


What do you want him to say? IF he threatens China you will call him a
warmongering idiot, if he doesn't he's what, smart? No you'd never say
that
would you Harry?




The point here is that the U.S. never pushes around a country that can
push back.

At least not until a few more pieces fall into place in the Middle East.
There's a reason why we waited until lately to push Syria and Iran...and
another reason why we'll slowly tighten the vice on Pakistan once the Syrian
and Iranian threats are subdued.


When we are war-mongering, we only send out troops against third or
fourth-rate military powers, and then we brag about how wonderful they are
and how terrific we are. Iraq twice, Panama, Grenada, and those weak little
governments in central and South America we mess about with when they move
away from right-wing extremism. Chile had to be one our of high points.


The PRC is a far bigger threat to the existence of the United States than
Iraq, Iran, and Syria combined. But Bush isn't going to threaten the PRC
with a sword, because the Chinese would laugh at us.

We'd beat the Chinese if we had to. But each side would lose 10's of
millions in the process. The risk/reward ratio is much too high...at least
for now.