Our three Japanese foreign exchange students all took classes that involved swords and martial arts pageantry while American students play with text messaging and I-pods. IMHO China will attack Taiwan when it is ready and will not be overtly concerned about their trade balance with the US or how they are perceived by the world as a whole. They have too many more irons in the fire with other countries (many in South America).....
The new anti-America conspiracy revealed
Book untangles web of extremists giving aid and comfort to enemy
The Cold War may be over, but there is more interaction between anti-American radical groups, American "progressive" organizations and hostile foreign governments than most Americans realize, reveals an explosive new book by a retired intelligence officer, who, for the first time, tracks the interlocking connections between them.
In "Radical Road Maps: Untangling the Web of Connections Among Far-Left Groups in America," James Hansen dissects 29 such organizations and reveals their links, their goals, how they operate, why they have been so successful and how they impact American politics and culture.
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