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To: Neocon who wrote (322261)	11/21/2002 5:29:41 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

merely a conviction that the war was conducted so poorly that we should not have bothered. I'd agree with that. In fact, I did agree with that at the time. And opposing a popular Communist (Ho) and supporting democracy are in no way incompatible. It is democracy and Communism that are incompatible.

To: Neocon who wrote (322261)	11/21/2002 6:22:22 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Re: "Just as China remains a semi- totalitarian political regime, however "marketized" its economy." >>> I'd argue that there is little 'Communist' about the present day Chinese leadership these days... other than the name and stale slogans. >>> They are still profoundly totalitarian... but their support of market mechanisms + totalitarianism would more properly classify them as "fascists". >>> Once they finish privatizing their state-owned industries (remember: even Hitler presided over a partially state-owned infrastructure), what will be left is fascism, not communism.