Posted on 07/18/2005 6:11:08 AM PDT by OESY
Thank you Richard Nixon for dragging the CHICOMs into the 20th century
Thank you Richard Nixon for dragging the CHICOMs into the 20th century
I thought it was interesting that the Chinese government immediately stated that the General was only speaking for himself.
Of course, they then utttered their own threat against Taiwan.
But when you actually read what the General said, you realize that what he actually said was not that remarkable. I would have assumed that if we attacked China, they'd use nukes. And if they attack us, we'll use nukes.
The problem with what the Gen. said is that he may have meant that they'd use nukes if we try to defend Taiwan after a Chinese attack.
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Thanks Kissinger!
Keep on buying Chinese made goods at China-Mart... money they earn will be returned to you in the form of a mushroom cloud!
How can people be so stupid?!
Keep free tradin' that technology, wealth, and production to the Chi-coms.
What a wild and crazy bunch of guys, uh?
Zhu's a riot! "Zhu the warmonger" does stand up at Chinese Communist Party's Central Military Commission's comedy clubs.
But you know the rules if you want access to 1.3 billion middle class consumers (coming soon!). You have to keep your staff lobbying Washington and the American press for policies that benefit the peace-loving, democratic People's Republic of China -- soon to be the home of 1.4 billion people with money burning their pockets.
Just think, 1.5 billion spenders just waiting for you, Mr CEO! Who needs America, right?
Give Taiwan its own Nukes.
Maybe some well publicized submarine "boomer" exercises with practice missile launches would be in order. Sort of a big hint to China, NK and Pak.
For you submariner FReepers out there: what would such tests entail and look like?
Totally agree. Nixon should have left China alone.
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Taiwan, like Japan, N. Korea and others could easily manufacture nuclear weapons.
None do at the request of the US.
That, obviously, should be S. Korea.
And thank you Bill Clinton for making sure that the CHICOMs received U.S. warhead development technology, including our legacy codes, so they could save themselves about 10 or 15 years of development time and untold billions of $$. As a result, General Zhu's statements cannot be said to lack credibility.
Bump
Please elaborate on this.
Looks like the "Dear Leader" isn't so "ronery" after all.
One thing is for sure: If this General was speaking out of school, he wouldn't be a General for long. The ChiComs are trying to intimidate us and that's not going to fly.
publiclly they don't, but how do we know for sure.. Given China's bellicose behavior, they'd be insane not to, and Bush knows it..... I'm sure Taipei, Seoul, and Tokyo all have nuclear capabilities, or are near having so..
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