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To: TimF who wrote (135854)	4/6/2001 1:42:23 AM
From: Jim McMannis	Respond to of 1572954

RE:"I think they where doing something that they had every right to do and that violates no international convention or treaty and they did not infringe on Chinese rights because they did not enter China's airspace until they where damaged by the Chinese." What it boils down to is that they have our plane and our crew. They want to make a statement. China also longs to be a world power, return to the days of Ming and Marco Polo.. Doing some flexing. OTOH, the spy plane is there to keep tabs on any would be Taiwan invasion. That wouldn't be too good on the motherboard supply. Jim