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annex tibet, oppress peaceful internal dissent, bully taiwan. and that's just what i picked up at the other end of the world..

the practical kind of logic.

ok, i'm not exactly sure what you mean by that, please elaborate a bit.

Oh? Then why are the arabs/muslims asking for Israel to be wiped off the map all the time?

Well, i don't know the Chinese or it's leadership very well. I've been dealing with Muslims and Republicans mostly. As i've said earlier, by all means China, go be a regional leader. Lead with kindness. Just don't start thinking you can dominate large parts of the rest of the world. You're...

Well, it's my opinion that any 1 country that wants to hold global power and partially succeeds at that will grow very arrogant in short order. I supported the invasion of Afghanistan to take care of a real terrorist problem, and I supported the invasion of Iraq to get rid of a brutal...

I think the Chinese leadership does. That's nice. But military and economic goals tend to intermingle.

So now Israel rules the world? Or it's allies?... I sincerely hope these recognitions of the Palestinian state go through. If Israeli's can start a state, so can Palestinians, as far as i'm concerned. It'll certainly be an "all hands on deck" time for the Israeli lobby trying to stop it..

Unlike the government of China, these policy makers on Wall Street listen to reason. I know from experience.

Focus on your own (country's) mistakes first before you start critizing others eh..

Me too, i'll have a chat with the republicans (who are the most hawkish of the Americans) about this :)

Well, i just read on this forum about Chinese planes violating Japanese airspace. And i have to see years of good behavior in all the news outlets before I believe China will not try to muscle out regional opposition through military intimidation. It's growth of it's military is a clear...

yes, china can afford to grow their military. but as i said elsewhere, you can establish regional dominance through economic cooperation just as good as through a military armsrace that you know you'll win by sheer country size and economic growth statistics.

I'm all for China getting more say in regional affairs, like Russians keeping their backyard theirs too. But China has to prove it's worthy of such leadership, by not violating their smaller neighbors' space.. I don't know enough facts of the details to say China is currently doing a good or...

Hmm.. Like NATO not building missile defenses in eastern europe, I'd advocate to NATO: "Give Japan+Taiwan to the Chinese".. By not doing so, you'll just start an arms race. IMO, it's better if the Chinese get more say in the affairs of their own backyard. It'll reduce global tensions, and...

That all depends on who has the arms superiority. I'd rather see the Americans or Russians of today have arms superiority than say the Chinese (who have little experience with fighting futile wars, and whose leadership is currently growing more arrogant by the day) or muslim xenophobes...

Jeez, yet another reason to go to war. Here's what you do in hot countries with water problems: You pump it from the sea into a hot desert area. There in the desert you evaporate it in thick black plastic cones that capture both fresh water and salt+minerals. Salt+minerals get collected by...

I'm firmly against such a missile defense in Poland. It's NATO encroaching on what is rightfully Russia's backyard. Put the missile defenses in Italy, i say.

No, it's not nothing, it's not all right. It's deplorable, and actually *hurts* the fight against terrorism by breeding new hatred against the West. I'm "for the West", and for western ideals, but against abuses of military power. I'd say the Americans need some time off, some better sensors...

Personally i would rather see dictators flee their country and have most of their assets stripped after the fact. Because it can prevent bloody civil wars. By locking them up inside their own country you're in effect forcing them into physical survival mode, and they will forget any morals they...