Posted on 03/02/2007 6:25:08 AM PST by pissant
We cannot dismiss the chicoms recent charm offensives into Venezuela and Iran. They are our enemy.
China should be watched because it will be our future enemy in a war at the rate things are going.
There are too many people making money in China and ignoring their government's clamp down on freedom for other people.
Money isn't everything and China should be held to account for how it treats its own people and its increasing military threat to neighboring countries.
What exactly do you disagree with him on here?
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That's allright. Stick your head in the sand as they make Venezuela and Iran nuclear powers, like they did for Pakistan.
Sheesh, were does he expect us to get our $800.00 Fender Guitar ($400.00 for a MIM 'Standard' Fender) knockoffs for $110.00 at? Or the Gibson-Epiphone Les Pauls? And every other Name Brand musical instrument, huh Duncan!
Sheesh, think of the children. Now instead of being able to afford music lessons they'll join gangs, sell drugs and wind up in prison!
~~~ sarcasm OFF ~~~
In the interest of Full Disclosure, I DO own a couple Made In China guitars - they ain't all that bad. For beginners and intermediate players, they're perfect (but I'm selling them to buy another REAL Fender).
Then Lindsey went on the say, they were able to do that as a direct result of Loral and Bill Clinton. He went on the recite the scenario we all talked about when with the stroke of the pen, Clinton allowed Loral to share tecnology with China, then gave Bill $1,000,000 in campaign donations in 1996. He then told us that the State Department responsibilities of keeping technology out of the hands of our enemies, was trasferred to Commerce.
Think about it the Chinese, now have the ability to shoot down our satellites one by one, and once down, we cannot do anything, even the ICBM's on our Trident subs are satellite aimed.
I'm not a "Chicom apologist", but I don't see any reason to believe that China has any territorial ambitions on America.
Historically China has had lots of border wars, and has an obsession with "reclaiming" it's territories such as Tibet and Taiwan. And certainly it wants to have more influence in its region of the world (e.g., trade, finance).
But I think Hunter's concerns are overwrought.
Fortunately not all of us are so blinded by greed that we'll happily screw our own country for a buck earned off slave labor of people who sought democracy in China.
Generally they tend to be the same people who want as many illegal aliens in this country as possible.
Fine patriots all. [/sarc]
It amazes me how the Free Traders will insist on ignoring the threat of China's military buildup simply because "It's good for the economy"
If ONE American military man or woman dies from any kind of chinese ordinance, I want to see these businessmen who sold our country down the drain, HUNG!
Dear Antoninus,
"What does this mean? It means, that when people actually have to get down to voting, even a relative unknown like Hunter is coming close to taking out liberal Rudy."
I think that even more, it means that as folks move beyond mere name recognition, and start to actually figure out who supports what, Mr. Giuliani's numbers go down - because he's a liberal - and Mr. Hunter's numbers go up - because he's a conservative.
sitetest
“They are accumulating foreign currencies which they hold in dollars. But they don't spend the surplus,” Bosworth argued. “If they used it to finance their defense buildup, they would have spent it. Then they wouldn't have a trade surplus any more.” Lardy cites statistics indicating that China only spends about $2 billion a year on military imports, mainly from Russia. Some military experts are dubious about Hunter's alarm over the nature of the emerging Chinese military threat."
Maybe someone should inform these deep think tank people about a few realities, like the fact China is EXPORTING military hardware to countries like Iran,Syria,African counties amd most likely North Korea so they probably aren't spending too much IMPORTING the stuff !!!
Dear angkor,
"But I think Hunter's concerns are overwrought."
I disagree.
China wishes to be what the United States is: the global hegemon.
They don't want to install a Chinese puppet government in Washington, or London, or Moscow. They'll be happy if the governments in all three cities, and every other capital in the world, must accommodate China's political, economic, and cultural ambitions. They'll be happy if the current "unipolar" world dominated by the United States becomes a "unipolar" world dominated by China.
They view world hegemony as their destiny.
We should view it with alarm.
sitetest
While sitting here at the p/c for two weeks now, watching the debates between those here at FR between Hunter and, Giuliani have decided to go with Hunter.
After last night straw poll in South Carolina, I believe Hunter will in the coming months move to the front in greater numbers.
He is not a Regan but, he is closer than Giuliani or McCain.
It seems that China was selling military style communications equipment to Iraq in violation of sanctions.
"I'm selling them to buy another REAL Fender"
Would that be the Mexican version?
I had a Mexican Strat, $375 new and it sounded pretty darned decent.
OK, I know El Stratocasteria is not the true Strat.
Excellent addition to the thread. And there are hundreds of disconcerting stories along a similar vein.
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