By my authority as master of my own home I hereby declare that it would be illegal for my neighbor to own his own house without me controlling it. Since I have said this, I am now morally justified in breaking in and beating my neighbor to a pulp. Please do not interfere with my now legal moves, thank you.
Quite possibly so. It's not a situation that can be 'nuanced'.
It is my opinion that the U.S. should form a coalition with Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea. If anyones attacks any of us, it is an attack on all of us. That would stop Red China's childish postering....maybe North Koreas also?
The term "Free Traitor" becomes ever more accurate!
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Not just for their growing industrial base, but for their population and increasing middle class consumer demands (air conditioning, etc.) China has an energy crunch. While the entire globe is competing for oil (which may becoming more scare) perhaps, in an odd way their industrialzed economy will end up wrecking their economy in the end.
We would do nothing. The risks are too great. I'm afraid Taiwan is on her own.
Don't fear it.
it is a certitude.
China actually intends to attack as soon as they think WE will blink. We won't.
Bush had them pegged as the center of the AXIS of evil. Draw a line from baghdad, to tehran, to North Korea's capital... and guess who sits in the center?
THEY are the center of the Axis of Evil.
They know it.
We know it. They know that we know it.
Everybody else darkly fears or suspects it.
But the PEOPLE in China may take out their leaders before we find it needful. China CAN be reunified... after they accept the Taiwanese democratic system as their own primary form of National government.
So let me get this straight, all we have to do is that Saudi Arabia, Iran, North Korea, and any other country is ours just because we want to take them out; and this makes it legal? Well, hot dog, lets get to it. If the commies can do it, so can we right? I mean the lefties can't say anything bad about it if their friends over there say it's OK, right?
The first WAR Kerry will declare will be on American gun owners...
He will use Homeland Security and the Patriot Act to accomplish his 3rd Way handler's
goals..
imo
The Taiwan Relations Act allows us to come to the defense of Republic of China (Taiwan).
However, the Taiwan independence movement is to rewrite the constitution and dissolve Republic of China. Do we still have a legal obligation to help them?
The Bush administration has made it clear that they are not in support of Taiwan independence. What's Kerry's position on this issue?
Can't help but wonder how Hanoi John would handle the situation if he were President? I would guess he would become the American Chamberlain!
On Thursday, China for the first time denied that it had set a timetable to reunify Taiwan by force within the next 20 years... Mr Wang Zaixi, vice-director of the Chinese Cabinet's Taiwan Affairs Office... nevertheless stressed that Mr Chen risked war with the mainland if he pushed for a new Constitution by 2008. The island's security lay not in building up an arsenal of missiles and submarines but in offering assurances that Taiwan was not planning to declare independence, Mr Wang said.Remind you of anyone else?
NOT A PING LIST, merely posted to: AM2000; Arkinsaw; BenLurkin; Dallas59; Fee; Fishing-guy; Iscool; iamright; international american; Joee; joesnuffy; Lael; Lester Moore; No_Doll_i; neutrino; PersonalLiberties; Robert_Paulson2; Sola Veritas; snowsislander; Tax Government; tbpiper; techwench; vpintheak; wagglebee; wku manConcepts of Nationalism, Unity, and the Arab NationAt a broader level, Baath Party ideology reflects the viewpoint of many Syrian citizens in championing pan-Arab nationalism and proposing unification of all Arab countries into one Arab nation stretching from the Atlantic Ocean to the Arabian Sea, transcending what are regarded as arbitrary and artificial borders drawn by Ottoman or European colonial rulers. However, this vision of Arab unity has not been limited to Baathists. Arab unity was the clarion call of most Arab nationalists during the struggles against European colonialism after World War I. Baathist ideology differs from this older sentiment in making socialism an integral element of pan-Arab nationalism.
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Although most Syrians support pan-Arabism, some view it negatively. In many respects, the notion of pan-Arab nationalism contradicts Syrian nationalism because Syria would be subsumed in the larger entity and its identity subordinated to that of the new superstate. Aware of this paradox, Syrian officials reserve for Syria a special place in their utopian ideal as the "beating heart" of the Arab nation. However, Syrian religious minorities fear that extreme pan-Arab nationalism would entail Islamic fundamentalism because Islam is an important common denominator of many Arabs and a potential vehicle for uniting the Arab countries. Therefore, religious minorities, particularly Christians, have stridently resisted proposed unification with other Arab nations, while at the same time supporting the notion of a Greater Syria, which includes Lebanon and other areas with a large Christian population. Some minorities oppose unification; for example, Kurds and Assyrians in northeastern Syria have vivid memories of persecution in Iraq, from which they sought refuge in Syria, and naturally oppose being brought again under Iraqi jurisdiction.
Because using Islam as the defining criterion of Arabism is prejudicial to minorities, Syrians have instead emphasized the common cultural heritage of all Arabs. Specifically, the Arabic language is perceived as the root of Arab nationalism. Additionally, the nearly universal antipathy toward Zionism is another factor around which Arabs can rally, regardless of their ethnicity or religion.
D-Day x 10. Chicoms lose.
Something must be done immediately to diffuse this dangerous situation. We MUST protect the free flow of $49 VCR's!
Don't they need UN authorization or something? ;)