Posted on 05/06/2008 1:46:42 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
I may have to concede that you were correct in your evaluation of the relative dangers of islam and Nazism...
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The few times they've broken out of that model for any significant periods of time were after they'd been conquered by foreigners good and proper.
Otherwise the Chinese people score well on tests and are resourceful. You just wouldn't care for them running your local government.
“Nonetheless, the short history of classical fascism suggests that it is only a matter of time before China will pursue confrontation with the West. That is built into the dna of all such regimes. Sooner or later, Chinese leaders will feel compelled to demonstrate the superiority of their system, and even the most impressive per capita GDP will not do. Superiority means others have to bend their knees, and cater to the wishes of the dominant nation. Just as Mussolini saw the colonization of Africa and the invasion of Greece and the Balkans as necessary steps in the establishment of a new fascist empire, so the Chinese are likely to demand tribute from their neighbors—above all, the Chinese on the island nation of Taiwan, in order to add the recovery of lost territory to the regime’s list of accomplishments. Even today, at a time when the regime is seeking praise, not tribute, in the run-up to the Olympic Games, there are bellicose overtones to official rhetoric.”
You sure wouldn’t know it, watching U.S. leaders with so much brown on their noses. There’s just not enough hours in the day to kiss Chinese ass.
The Western world should hang it’s collective head, for what it has been a party to, AGAIN!!!!!!
Agreed.
Read an interesting book recently on the rise of modern science with a comparison between the West, Islam, and China.
China has always had high levels of technology, but never developed modern science on their own. Technology is using scientific principles, but science is understanding them. Thus they could have rockets without understanding jet propulsion.
Also, their ancestor worship has resulted in a culture where you aren’t allowed to go out “on your own” until you’ve mastered copying those who have gone before you.
The Sudetenland!
I believe you're right Travis, and for all their antipathy for the Japanese, I hear much from them that sounds a lot like "East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere."
Hasn’t this be obvious from day one? Seriously, who didn’t see this coming? If you and I can grasp it, why didn’t our leaders?
The fact is, they did. They got their’s along the way, and the nation be damned.
We’re about ten to fifteen years away from our kids dying as a result of our building up the China war machine. And this time tens of millions of U.S. Citizens on U.S. soil stand to pay the price as well.
There is a contempt in my heart for those who are bringing this fate upon our nation.
The danger time will come if and when the global economy tanks.
Then we shall see a Chinese Hitler, and all of those unsold ChinaMart boots will be on marching Chinese feet.
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Fascism is back in vogue.
They may believe such invasions could be done by fait accompli, and that we would stand by, impotent, so long as American territories were not attacked.
Such a belief in our declining will and power must be very tempting to the Chinese overlords.
...And we remember a certain American athlete who “humilated” Der Fuhar, one Jesse Robinson.
I completely agree.
The similarties between China and 1930s Germany are numerous. And yet people don’t seem to get it.
Austria, Poland, France... Tiawan, Borneo...
If you think about it, Hong Kong and Macao were but the first of such maneuvers. China thinks it’s on a roll... and to be honest it is. We’re sitting back thinking we are the manifest destiny leader for eternity, and we’re about to get our lunch handed to us.
That’s a good tagline.
...Just like it was on December 7th, 1941.
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