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To: Craig Freeman who wrote (19769)	3/21/2001 11:19:24 PM
From: Win-Lose-Draw	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 60323

GWB risked alienating parts of the world by pre-announcing our actions five years ahead of their time Who says it he is taking a risk? Maybe the game is a little larger than this and what he's actually doing is provoking. I have no evidence for this, it's just a thought...didn't like his old man, but I'm willing to take a wait-and-see on the new revision.

To: Craig Freeman who wrote (19769)	3/22/2001 8:59:01 AM
From: Art Bechhoefer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 60323

The missile defense shield I was referring to was not the so-called "star wars" shield first promoted by Reagan but the proposal to sell destroyers to Taiwan, equipped with the latest high tech anti-missile armaments. The Chinese don't want to see Taiwan deploying systems that could also be used offensively, as this would be a threat to the "one China" concept supported by China and the U.S. (ostensibly). Instead of provoking an arms race, in my view (based on several years working overseas) the President would be better off reminding China (in private) that the U.S. doesn't think much of its government and would hate to see such incompetency imposed on Taiwan. The issue is volatile not just in terms of the politics but because so much U.S. business investment in both Taiwan and China would be affected. Consider the relationship between SNDK and the Taiwan fabricators, who also run semiconductor operations on the mainland. Consider the Chinese proposal to build a wireless phone system throughout the country, using the CDMA patents developed here by QUALCOMM -- an additional $6 billion investment by the Chinese, placed at risk by a rather poorly thought out foreign policy. Art