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That Murky Threat from China
Times ^ | 3/04/2008 | MARK THOMPSON

Posted on 03/04/2008 5:37:06 PM PST by steelboy

Congress has ordered the U.S. military to report annually "on the current and future military strategy of the People's Republic of China." So on Monday, the Pentagon turned out a 66-page report to help Congress foster its own fears. It's part of a symbiotic relationship: Congress orders the study, and then lawmakers get to cite it as justification for buying more weapons. Some in national-security circles refer to the phenomenon as a "self-licking ice cream cone."

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: china; chinasmilitary; chinathreat; uschina

1 posted on 03/04/2008 5:37:08 PM PST by steelboy
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To: steelboy

Why consider China a threat? They are our friends. /s/


2 posted on 03/04/2008 5:38:16 PM PST by henkster (Go to the local welfare office or BMV to see what government health care will be like.)
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To: steelboy

China is not a treat to liberals. Communism never is.


3 posted on 03/04/2008 5:40:36 PM PST by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: steelboy

What?


4 posted on 03/04/2008 5:41:38 PM PST by kinoxi
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To: steelboy
Some in national-security circles refer to the phenomenon as a "self-licking ice cream cone."

I guess that circle would consist of liberals, isolationist libertarians and Chinese nationals.

5 posted on 03/04/2008 5:43:41 PM PST by Zhang Fei
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To: pissant

China is not a treat to liberals. Communism never is.
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Yeah, just ask Osama Obama — we should disarm, no more nukes because the Ruskies and the ChiComs are our FRIENDS!!!


6 posted on 03/04/2008 5:45:47 PM PST by EagleUSA
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To: steelboy

a 666-page report would be more appropriate... :o)


7 posted on 03/04/2008 5:46:59 PM PST by traumer
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To: steelboy

China is a money hungry evil no respect for life abomi-nation.


8 posted on 03/04/2008 6:41:33 PM PST by yldstrk (My heros have always been cowboys--Reagan and Bush)
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.....”China is a money hungry evil no respect for life abomi-nation.”

And you love Her, else, you wouldn’t go to WALMART or Target every weekend....


9 posted on 03/04/2008 7:04:56 PM PST by onyx eyes (me and us, together)
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