“A ruling Class which is on the run, as ours is, is capable of every fatuity. It makes the wrong decisions, chooses the wrong people, and is unable to recognize its enemies-if it does not actually prefer them to its friends.”
Tread Softly for You Tread on My Jokes, by Malcolm Muggeridge
Wm. F. Buckley always liked to have Muggeridge on his show, Firing Line, and would frequently refer to his writings when he wasn't. I wonder why he never internalized the basic lesson of this wry observation... Buckley himself has been guilty of misjudging the intentions of China, which he wrote in 1997 was not a threat to us because it was an "Irredentist" power. One that was essentially inward-looking. Hoo boy... He really blew it.
A more accurate picture of China's mindset, is revealed by a typical representative who lives here:
Check this post from "Li333" at AsiaWind.com out
China will be number one
Author: Li333
Date: 10-14-04
"According to the 1992 CIA factbook, the real GNP of China in terms of purchasing power parity was already one half of the GNP of America back in 1992.
Since 1992, the GNP of China has tripled, it is now 3 times bigger than in 1992, whereas the GNP of America has only increased by one third since 1992.
In other words, the real GNP of China in terms of purchasing power parity is already bigger than the GNP of America.
Actually, the real GNP of China overtook the GNP of America in 2002.
Now, when the GNP of Japan overtook the GNP of Germany in 1968, every newspaper published the news around the world.
How come that, in 2002, when the GNP of China overtook the GNP of America, no newspapers published the news around the world? Why the discrimination against China?
By 2010, the real GNP of China will be 2 times bigger than the GNP of America.
By 2020, the real GNP of China will be 4 times bigger than the GNP of America.
By 2030, the real GNP of China will be 6 times bigger than the GNP of America, and the income per capita, the GNP per capita in China will be higher than the GNP per capita in America. In other words, Chinese incomes and wages will be higher than American wages in 2030, just as Japanese wages are already higher than American wages today.
By 2030, the average Chinese will be more wealthy and better educated than the average American.
China will be 5 or 6 times bigger and stronger than America very soon, and the world will have to stop looking down upon the Chinese people.
We can predict a future world where China will dominate financially, economically, militarily, in science and technology, culturally, with the Chinese language replacing the English language as the most important international language, with school kids in America learning Chinese as a foreign language ( and Chinese kids in China not needing to learn English anymore, since the American kids will know how to speak Chinese anyway ), with China dominating the world of media and entertainment, with Chinese movies, Chinese music and Chinese fashion designs spreading Chinese influence all over the world.
China will be number one."
Same goes for "Russia".
Asiawind, the enemy within and without:
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