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To: Cheburashka
Trying to whittle away at another country's sovereign territory (which China has a well establish record of doing) is equivalent to speeding?
8 posted on 10/28/2006 4:44:49 AM PDT by Stultis
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To: Stultis; Cheburashka

There probably wasn't shooting for the same reason that there wasn't much shooting between the Royal Navy and the Icelandic coast guard during the Cod Wars--shooting can lead to escalation a lot faster than playing bumper cars.


53 posted on 10/28/2006 2:47:00 PM PDT by Mr. Silverback (People who say there are jobs Americans won't do haven't seen "Dirty Jobs.")
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