John, re: The more I think about it, the more I think that the take-out (sorry about the pun) of the Chinese Embassy was deliberate. Consider: blah blah...
Personally, I didn't even ''think'' about it a split second to bet it's been a deliberate attempt by the US to strong-arm the Chinese into being less adamant with a UN/NATO peace deal. In my opinion, the Chinese intended from the start to play hardball with this whole Kosovo mess. They just anticipated the current deadlock in which the US got enmeshed; so, now, they're waiting for some haggling with the US about a WTO membership. Give the Chinese a toehold in WTO and they'll let you away with a NATO picnic in Kosovo.
Besides, there's nothing to dread about with the Russians: it's rumored that French President Jacques Chirac hasn't left for Moscow empty-handed! He was accompanied by world-famous Russian-born taxidermist, Dr. Boris Olyunidislov... Soon, Yeltsin's disparagers will have every right indeed to call him straw man of the West!
Regards,
Gustave. |
