[Cicero]

An article posted here yesterday said that some of Bush's advisers were telling him to give in on this. I trust he knows better.

It would be a HUGE mistake to show weakness in the face of Chinese blackmail. Over the past 50 years they have shown themselves to be very good at demanding things, and very bad at keeping their side of the bargain.

This would only confirm the view of Chinese leaders who argue that we are a Paper Dragon ripe for a pushover.

[HELLRAISER II]

Being a paper tiger now, would be like throwing blood in the water infested with great white sharks. We do not need to fool ourselves, the world is uniting against a country and the country that finds itself as a target is the U.S.A.