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To: DMaA who wrote (2655)	3/13/1998 7:56:00 PM
From: Stitch	Respond to of 9980

David, <<I've got to think even the Chinese must be coming to the conclusion that it's time to clean out the mad men running this wretched place.>> Interestingly, were it not for the Korean war, and Stalin's insincerity with Chairman Mao, there likely would not be a Taiwan independent state. No one is really sure how the shooting started but the best evidence is that North Korea started the shooting, feeling secure that both Russia and China would come to the country's aid to eradicate the South Koreans. China did, and in thus doing, Mao lost his only son, and his resources to launch an attack on Formosa, which likely would have nipped the KMT and Chiang in the bud. Thus the U.S. fought its first and only war with the PRC regulars, eventually, and at great cost, countering the Chinese sacrificial "wave" attacks. Stalin's doublecross, in his refusal to honor a commitment to supply air support, sat heavy with an already very suspicious Mao. This led directly to the accelerated deterioration of relations between China and the Soviets. Without this strain (which was even to the point of border clashes and military readiness between the two communist super powers) things might have been very different indeed. Mao had all but set loose the dogs on Formosa when the s**t hit the fan in Korea. North Korea's megalomania may have unwittingly led directly to the ultimate failure of world wide communist aspirations. Imagine a truly cooperative relationship between China and Russia in those days. Imagine the CCP and the PRC without the bankrupting excursion to Korea. Imagine the imbalance without a Taiwan and a corrupt(but effective military counter) Chiang to support. But clearly the delusional regime in North Korea has outlived its usefullness by about 35 years. Best, Stitch