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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (84466)	12/12/2011 8:51:44 AM
From: Hawkmoon	10 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217546

He travels throughout China and has to be in good form with the bosses and at least act as though he totally agrees, even if he has some secret misgivings. I concur.. I just don't like censorship, even with regard to US foreign policy failures. We have to learn from our mistakes or we're doomed to repeat them. What sad is that I have great hopes for the Chinese people. There is so much pent up energy within that society, all desiring a better life for their people. My problem is with their leadership, the political and business elite, and how they are exploiting their people for their own agenda and financial gain. The US has certainly passed through many phases during it's evolution to it's current state. We're not perfect.. and sometimes our own foreign policy is hijacked by corporate and parochial interests of our own "elite". But we have the ability, if we express our collective will, to make our government and corporate elite accountable to the will of the people. We just cannot refuse to acknowledge the fact that some 100 million people have died under various Communist regimes. To do so is like the Germans refusing to acknowledge their blame for Nazism and the terror they inflicted on all of Europe. And such deliberate attempts to suppress historical fact, especially when that history impacts foreign policy to this very day, will impact the course of a nation's future. Erasing the past as if it didn't happen is the ultimate act of hubris. TJ can believe what he wants to believe, and "toe the line" with regard to Bejing's official stance. But that doesn't mean the rest of the world has to accept it. It just displays his arrogance, and lack of objectivity, sad to say.. Hawk