Posted on 06/03/2006 11:38:00 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
I would rather pay money to go to the dark side of hell with people like Sgt. Luom than receive a fortune go to Elysian Fields with bill clinton or other shallow, soul-less weasels such as he. You're right about firepower. In addition there must be a worthy cause, and one that is clearly, emphatically, passionately, and relentlessly expounded in public discourse. This was not done in Viet Nam, and is not being done now in Iraq or Afghanistan. A virulent stupid virus has infected this country. It's adverse implications will be felt, and suffered, far beyond what most people imagine.
Unfortunately China is not socially ready for democracy because 90 percent of her population is still rural poor (despite the pictures of modern skylines of Hong Kong and Shanghai). Historically when modern China tries to have a benign central government that tries to accomodate all the regional desires she degenerates into chaos because most of her uneducated population is not ready, which in turn ushers in authoritarian one man rule (Generalissimo Chiang Kai Sek or Chairman Mao Tse Tung) versus the chaos of the warlord period. Today China faces great financial weaknesses, her banks have bad loans that equal to half of China's GDP and no one in the Communist government knows what to do about it. I predict that within this century the Communist will lose control of China and the country will plunge into social chaos just like the 1920's when the Republic of 1911 failed (warlords and wealthy families took advantage of the democratic laws to protect their own interests and paralyzed the central government reforms) and lost control of most of the rural regions of China during the Great Depression. Democracy will just add to the chaos because most Chinese are family centric, not nationally centric (they will take care of their family/clan members first before they lift a hand to help a fellow stranger in a time of crisis) and add the fact most are barely educated rural poor. When a country undergoes a banking crisis and collapse, food and essentials become scarce as prices skyrocket because the national currency worth becomes less and less each day. Just read the accounts of what happened in China during the 1920's and during the Great Depression, and post World War II China, it does not paint a flattering picture of the Chinese society.
If your idea of freedom is Oil for Food money that goes to rich ambassadors instead of hungry children, or underage rape by UN employees.
P.S. Anyone else recall how we kept hearing how the UN sanctions killed up to 1 million Iraqis? they recently revised that number down to a mere 10,000. ODDLY ENOUGH !
" There has been a rumor that Jiang Zemin who inherited power after the Tiananmen Uprising gave confidential order to track down Wang Weilin and executed him in secret, but it turned out to be false in the end."
given how brutally the chinese went after everyone they could find when this happen, does anyone really doubt that such an order might have been given?
I assume he did not know he was being filmed. So think about it - he did that thinking he was about to die anonymously. I wonder how long it was before he realized what a symbol he had become?
I hope it's true. Sadly, many/most Chinese probably don't know what he signifies. The world barely knows what goes on in China now. It is a tragedy and a disgrace.
BAWHAHAHAHA....exactly...post of the day dude...u said it all...
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This is great news. I hope we hear more from him.
Tank Man, a very good definition for “honor, courage and commitment”.
Tank Man will return; the story will change some, but he will return to show the greatness of China.
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