Posted on 06/21/2005 10:08:38 AM PDT by Pyro7480
You make an interesting point.
Bush shouldn't do this freely. He should let China know that if the nukes aren't permanently removed from North Korea, that we WILL take our business to Vietnam.
Now that the commies have tasted capitalism, it'll be very difficult for them to return to a closed society.
Bush has a great bargaining chip, and I'm afraid he's just giving it away.
Kick him for me too.
"Guys told me VietNam has nice beaches. If they build resorts there, they will be just fine."
Yup. And Charlie Don't Surf! ;)
Or, if China continues to do nothing to pressure North Korea, Mr. Bush could state as US policy that any nuclear weapon used by a terrorist organization against the USA will be regarded as a direct attack on the United States by North Korea (and soon Iran if nothing is done to stop them), and will result in our full nuclear retaliation. The threat of bombing North Korea into the stone age should motivate China to pressure them to get rid of their nukes.
Right back where we started from.
*Congress to allow normal trade relations with Viet Nam WITHOUT full account of POW/MIA's
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Posted on 09/09/2001 4:37:21 PM PDT by 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
*Congress to allow normal trade relations with Viet Nam WITHOUT full account of POW/MIA's Thread 2
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Posted on 09/10/2001 10:23:10 PM PDT by 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
He darn well better not let the opportunity pass to get our guys HOME.
There. Fixed that.
Congress selling out to Vietnam without a full accounting of our POW/MIA's is just plain wrong. It's all about money.
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Let's send the UN building to Ho-Chi-Minh City.
"Bush has never met a communist he didn't like. We have never had a president so eager to destroy capitalism in the name of globalization."
Not true.
He hasn't gone all suckass to Castro yet. Yet.
What do you think we should do with these traitors, Guantanamo?
Chanting "VC (Viet Cong) go home" and "No money for Communists," about 100 Vietnamese exiles and a few American war veterans staged a raucous protest on Pennsylvania Avenue outside the White House and could be heard in the Rose Garden as Bush met Khai.
Related?
Vietnamese Leader in White House Visit, a First
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1427756/posts
We are winning The Vietnam War. Final victory is a function of the War On Terror.
I heard Viet Nam is helping account for troops who died over there.
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