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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (239946)	8/27/2007 12:33:17 AM
From: GST	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

China chumming up with Vietnam? You seem to be hopelessly lost. It was Russia that supported Vietnamese nationalists, not China. On the contrary, China and Vietnam have had strained relations and went to war in 1979 when China invaded Vietnam - and China lost as invaders so often do. The Vietnamese were not kind to ethnically Chinese after the American war and the border was shut for a long time. Relations continue to be quite frosty. There is no love lost between China and Vietnam. The Chinese-led incursion in Korea was entirely different and was probably resisted by Koreans as well as a true mulitinational force with a very high US component. It was the US at its best, actually coming to the defense of a country that had been in effect invaded. I am not for or against a particular country - I am, generally speaking, against foreign invasion and foreign occupation. By the way, I am also against the illegal seizing and occupation of land by Israel. The US should not be allied with people who steal other peoples land.

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (239946)	8/27/2007 8:51:55 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Respond to of 281500

Yesterday, Russia was the problem with Nam, but what the heck? We stopped Chinese expansion. They only own us.Think of how bad it would be if they ran Nam, too. The People's Republic of China holds the most U.S. debt, ending the first quarter of 2007 with over $1.2 trillion in total foreign reserves, of which about $420.2 billion are U.S. Treasury securities en.wikipedia.org Not that there is any downside to that. After all, we stopped them in Nam. And we can go more nuclear than them. China threatens 'nuclear option' of dollar sales By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard Last Updated: 8:39pm BST 10/08/2007 The Chinese government has begun a concerted campaign of economic threats against the United States, hinting that it may liquidate its vast holding of US treasuries if Washington imposes trade sanctions to force a yuan revaluation. telegraph.co.uk And all this could have been prevented with 500K more troops, 10K more Agent Orange, another 1200 B 52's, and the imprisonment of all those damn hippies who caused us to lose. You've never met an international situation you weren't willing to send somebody else off to die for, have you?

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (239946)	8/27/2007 9:48:08 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

PS... "The People's Republic of China holds the most U.S. debt, ending the first quarter of 2007 ...of which about $420.2 billion are U.S. Treasury securities." Now there is a coincidence. Iraq has so far cost 455Bil. nationalpriorities.org You think maybe there is a reason they are willing to finance our war? You think maybe they aren't enjoying watching us go broke and taking our eye off the big picture while we get distracted over there? In case you haven't noticed because you are too busy bringing the wonders of the Republican party to the people of Iraq, Russia now has Europe by the energy balls and China has us by the financial ones. While Russian expert Rice is in charge of our foreign policy. But, if Iraq is Nam, we won't have to worry about boat people. They done be gone already. On ships of the desert. Nearly 2 million Iraqis -- about 8 percent of the prewar population -- have embarked on a desperate migration, mostly to Jordan, Syria and Lebanon, according to the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees. washingtonpost.com In fact, they be an incredible business opportunity. Investment advice from Blackwater mercenary and Romney confidant: Iraq war refugees create business opportunity. dickdestiny.com Why not head over and register them as Republicans? They love us.