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Pakistani Taliban says it killed Chinese woman (payback for Chinese suppression of Muslim rebels)
Dawn.com ^ | March 1, 2012 | Dera Ismail Khan

Posted on 03/02/2012 9:58:17 AM PST by Zhang Fei

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To: cartan

“Why can there be such a thing as a Taliban spokesman, and why is he not shot in the head the very second he claims to be one?”

For the same reasons the Somali pirates have a spokesman.

We live in a very F*kd up world.

A thousand years from now, someone will ask the very same question as you.


21 posted on 03/03/2012 6:30:51 AM PST by Levante
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To: PapaBear3625

the Chinese have demonstrated they are pefectly willing to sacrifice the “innocent” to kill the guilty.

In other words, they blow the shit out of everyone. They don’t give a flying f**k about PC, or Western “sensibilities.”


22 posted on 03/03/2012 6:36:20 AM PST by Levante
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Then again, the Chinese may not care about a Chinese woman who was probably not a senior party member. They may judge that it is not yet the right time to open that can of whup-ass.

Over the long term, the Chinese are in trouble. Their "one-child" policy is going to leave them with a dangerously aging population. They could use an outlet for their excess males. In ancient times, the solution was to invade another country, kill the enemy's men, and take their women as sex slaves.

23 posted on 03/03/2012 8:55:28 AM PST by PapaBear3625 (In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. - George Orwell)
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To: PapaBear3625

Good points.

The Chinese ARE in trouble, as you stated. The question is, who will they invade? Pakistan? Vietnam? Taiwan? At this point, who can tell? And if they set their sights on a US ally, will our then-President have the courage to confront them?


24 posted on 03/03/2012 10:24:16 AM PST by Levante
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And if they set their sights on a US ally, will our then-President have the courage to confront them?

I think the real question is, "Would it be worth it for us to confront them?"

25 posted on 03/03/2012 10:29:46 AM PST by Future Snake Eater (Don't stop. Keep moving!)
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To: Future Snake Eater

Vietnam and back-stabbing, duplicitous Pakistan? China can have them.

Taiwan? Japan? No way.


26 posted on 03/03/2012 10:39:42 AM PST by Levante
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To: Levante
The Chinese ARE in trouble, as you stated. The question is, who will they invade? Pakistan? Vietnam? Taiwan? At this point, who can tell?

If Russia gets into a cash crunch, the Chinese could offer to use their cash reserves to buy the resource-rich areas of Siberia.

They are less likely to invade India, a country with their own nukes. They might do something with Pakistan's northern tribal regions. They would most like to do something with Taiwan.

27 posted on 03/03/2012 10:43:34 AM PST by PapaBear3625 (In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. - George Orwell)
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To: Levante

Japan definitely. Taiwan? I’m not confident we’d go to war to save them, unfortunately.


28 posted on 03/03/2012 11:20:31 AM PST by Future Snake Eater (Don't stop. Keep moving!)
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To: Levante
[…] back-stabbing, duplicitous Pakistan? China can have them.
Hmmm, now there is an idea—a little “Cultural Revolution” might be exactly what they need over there…
29 posted on 03/05/2012 3:06:39 AM PST by cartan
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China lost to Vietnam within 28 days, at least the US held out in Vietnam for decades. The Chinese are not known for their fighting skills, but they are smart enough to know not to walk into the Afghanistan mine field.


30 posted on 03/07/2012 1:46:57 PM PST by ravager
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To: InsidiousMongo

So which one is the enemy (or friend) here? China or Taliban?


31 posted on 03/07/2012 1:54:30 PM PST by ravager
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