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Concede to China's interests? And let them swallow up everything they can? Thanks for the suggestion. But we're not that stupid. China doesn't help with any international issues. China doesn't do anything unless it sees financial gain in it. To pretend like they are a major player in the...

You might wanna read my post again. I said I thought you were uncomfortable with China and the U.S. being at odds, not that you're uncomfortable being Chinese. How you feel doesn't affect me in any way so I don't know why it would be unfortunate for me. I've spent quite a bit of time answering...

I believe we've covered this in this very thread. Our actions today are designed to ensure that there is no war. If we're not there to push back, China will keep crowding it's neighbors. Eventually, one of them might do something out of anger or frustration that could start a war. A war which we...

You really shouldn't say things like that. France was one of our biggest supporters during the revolutionary war. You should look up the Marquis de Lafayette. I see our assistance to them in WW2 more as returning the favor than anything else.

First, never say never. Second, we don't need China to collapse. That's not part of our calculus. In a few years, China's average age is going to spike. Older nations tend to be a lot less aggressive than younger nations. So really all we need to do is to hold the line for a couple of decades...

I don't think we should accept unreasonable demands just because something MIGHT happen. If we keep doing that, something WILL happen. If there's one thing WWII has taught us, it's that the wait and see attitude is not all it's cracked up to be. But like I said in my earlier post, there's going...

Yeah but you don't acknowledge Japan's claim over the Senkaku Islands. Why are you objecting when we reject your claim? Aren't you being a little hypocritical by expecting us to do something you refuse to do? Also, here's an article about how Chinese vessels intruded into the Japanese waters...

Ok, I want you take a look at this article. Pay particular attention to the location of the reef. After you've done that, make the case that it is ok for China to build on a reef that is this far away from China and right in someone else' backyard. You asked me why I thought China was a threat...

Sure. What China is doing right is suffocating it's neighbors. If we're not there pushing back, eventually, the Chinese being Chinese will be tempted to mess with South Korea, Japan or the philippines. Once they do that and that country retaliates, we'll have no choice but to back them up. At...

See that's the thing, you're bullying your neighbors and that doesn't really work for us. You can be as firm as you want but you don't have leg to stand on. We are well within our rights to fly over you artifical islands. If you've got stones, fire. If not, keep complaining.

I guess I disagree with your premise that we are the aggressors. If you ask China's neighbors, they'll tell you it's not us, it's China. They are the ones pushing their neighbors around, not us. They are the ones claiming sovereignty over the entire area. It's that kind of petty, greedy, land...

A very large percentage of converts to Islam in the U.S. comes from the prison population. There's good chance they never read anything and just converted because the leader of the prison gang told them that was the way to go. I can't imagine life is that much different for criminals in...

No, I'm sure they're not angels and I'd very much like to hear the Burmese side of the story as long as they've got a little more than well, they're not really Burmese. But the thing is, Burma doesn't recognize them as citizens so there's no question of being responsible citizens. What are they...

How many is it? I've read about 2-3. But that might be because PDF is the only place I follow news from Asia. Some of the most hardcore and dedicated religious people I've met in my life are former drug addicts, gangbangers etc. They believe they've been "saved" (don't know what the Islamic...

No. However, 2 wrongs don't make a right. What's happening somewhere else in the world doesn't minimize the suffering of these people. Hell, most of them probably don't even know enough about the world to know there's something going on somewhere else in the world. All they know is that they're...

You cannot seriously believe I care about what you think of me.

Umm...that was what I was discussing with the OP (See posts #13 and #16) before you decided to throw your 2 cents in (and I'm being very generous, of course when I say it was worth 2 cents). You decided to jump in with "Or maybe you should not have invaded Iraq on false premises to begin with?"...

The war against the Soviet Union was just the beginning. You've been at it ever since. WikiLeaks cables portray Saudi Arabia as a cash machine for terrorists | World news | The Guardian He was born in Saudi Arabia, schooled in Saudi Arabia. I'd be very curious to see what other qualifications...

Yes. that along with insulation will cut the temperature down. But if your wondering if I would be enough to notice, that depends on a lot of factors. But you electricity bill will definitely come down.

Edited my post.