Posted on 11/09/2004 4:39:42 PM PST by CHARLITE
Good riddance!
Good start. Now they need to fire the rest of the State Department.
It seems odd that with all the talk of God and religious belief during the campaigning that Taiwan would effectively go ignored. There are many Christians in Taiwan as are the associates I work with from day to day.
shame on you Powell and so long
"this time instructing the Taiwanese that their goal in life should be “reunification” with a murderous, police state. "
Pretty SICK, when you have YOUR freedoms, and you don't
mind seeing OTHERS deprived of theirs.
Powell is a ... DISSAPOINTMENT
He will be leaving this post I am sure, but for all of his faults at it, he sure beats Albright.
This article sounds rather stretched to me. Powell*s comments are being exaggerated.
Face it, in the long run Taiwan is going to have to "reunite" with China. The interests of these two nations are too entwined. American foreign policy needs to be based around the paradigm of power politics and the strength of nations, and not whether they're democracies are not. It's not in our interest to defend Taiwan in a war.
>>If Taiwan doesn’t enjoy sovereignty, as Powell claims, why are we pledged to its defense?>>
I agree with this point, but Powell assumes that there are no freedom-loving Taiwanese that want to pattern after the USA rather than China... a truly encompassing assumption, to be sure.
All the Taiwanese people I know in Taipei (mostly women) are lovers of the West (no pun intended) but think the USA should do more in standing up to China.
I think it is time to crap or get off the pot on this issue. We are either going to defend freedom-lovers or we are not. If we pull the plug on Taiwan, how will we legitimate the fight for a free Iraq?
Powell isn't saying anything that Bush doesn't himself believe.
You stated "It's not in our interest to defend Taiwan in a war."
All that may be true. However, I think that giving up Taiwan will come at a price for the PRC. There may be high level negotiations between the US and China for China to satisfactorily handle the North Korea problem. If that is accomplished, there just may be a trade off.
Don't let the door hit ya where the Good Lord split ya....
Good Bye & Good Riddance.
(Another RINO bites the dust)
Good time for the feint of heart to go into "private life."
me either....and "Stormin Norman" is one of my Heros!!!
amen to that!
Maybe Powell is supportive of reunification of China and Taiwan under Republic of China (free China).
If that is the case, then he is against Taiwan independence movement, whose aim is to dissolve Republic of China and ROC's anti-communist stance.
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