30 Dec 06
Originally posted by wedgehead2No. It won't work for that. The only possible positive outcome of such a strategy is having a mutual friend for negotiating leading to perhaps a back door kinda way of helping/getting China to open up economically, which could be great for American business and therefore the American economy.
Do you think it'll work? China's influence is growing in South America and Africa...
The dreamiest of dreamy results being that it helps in some small way to help the people of China to pressure their government to make some changes. Kinda like Russia I guess. American relations with Russia are still frosty, but they're better than they were.
30 Dec 06
Originally posted by MerkIn China people are rioting on a daily basis- the central government just sends in the local armed police to deal with them. China isn't the same as the USSR- the government isn't going to lose its nerve to crush oppostion- look at Tianeman Square, and compare that with the coming down of the Berlin Wall. One government was willing to give in, the other isn't.
No. It won't work for that. The only possible positive outcome of such a strategy is having a mutual friend for negotiating leading to perhaps a back door kinda way of helping/getting China to open up economically, which could be great for American business and therefore the American economy.
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30 Dec 06
Originally posted by wedgehead2You are completely correct. That is absolutely true of present day China. They are every bit as willing to unleash the PLA on its own people today as they were during the Democracy cakewalk in the worlds largest public square.
In China people are rioting on a daily basis- the central government just sends in the local armed police to deal with them. China isn't the same as the USSR- the government isn't going to lose its nerve to crush oppostion- look at Tianeman Square, and compare that with the coming down of the Berlin Wall. One government was willing to give in, the other isn't.
Nobody knows the future though. Not that I'm holding my breath for China. Stalin would never have allowed Russia to come unglued like that either.
And like I said. That would be the dreamiest of dreamy outcomes.
I think realistically the best result for America is more opportunity for business in China.
30 Dec 06
Don't know if this was because of Saddams death or just a sick way to celebrate the coming holiday, but a bomb exploded in a Shia town. It killed 31 people. The locals ran down the man that parked the bus and beat him. To death. These were not militia, but everyday Iraqis.
I think this is how the Shia are going to react to anything the Sunni do. The everyday shia are so fed up with this garbage that they are ready to kill. If the sunni try a major offensive because of Saddams death, they will have made a mistake.