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To: kumar who wrote (120692)	11/30/2003 11:14:17 AM
From: h0db	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Kumar, can you cite one conflict in East Asia since WWII that did not involve the United States? The only ones that come to mind are the Chinese invasion of northern Vietnam in 1979 (we were cheering from the sidelines; Deng Xiaoping was in the United States on his first visit as China began its buildup.) and some border clashes between Thailand and Laos in the mid-1980s (actually this was about a dispute over blackmarket tropical hardwoods, with concessions controlled by the armies on either side; sadly, the Thais had their asses kicked because no officer above the rank of Lt. Col. would leave their business affairs and mistresses in Bangkok to oversee the battle. The Thai air farce bombed their own troops.) The fact remains that the US is the security guarantor of East Asia; this is not a purely legal distinction, just real politik.