Comments on: The Dog that Did Not Bite

By: tdaxp

tdaxp — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:11:59 +0000

Sadly, the Shadow-Puppet politics use to serve to distract everyone from a debate with real benefits (globalization) and real drawbacks (1914-style destruction of the world system). So yeah, everyone has fun pretending to freak out over Patriot missiles.

It will be interesting to see India’s reaction to China’s encirclement of her…

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 02:48:42 +0000

Don’t suppose Obama’s trying to get a three-way together with Ma and Hu to cut down on the shadowpuppet politics? It’d be nice, anyway . . .

By: historyguy99

historyguy99 — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:09:48 +0000

That fear being realized in this post from USNI

http://blog.usni.org/2010/01/31/qdr-china-and-overseas-basing/

By: tdaxp

tdaxp — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 21:52:38 +0000

Perhaps a more likely response than selling arms to Cuba would be a Chinese base in Pakistan [1]…

The CCP and USA are in a position where neither can be seen on backing down to the other, but both wish to support the KMT. The USA cannot allow Taiwan to fall by force without a serious loss of face, the CCP cannot allow Taiwan to gain de jure independence, and the KMT cannot become solely dependent on only one sponsor. As long as President Ma’s type remain in control, everyone wins.

[1] http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/china/China-mulls-setting-up-military-base-in-Pakistan/articleshow/5510235.cms

By: historyguy99

historyguy99 — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 16:40:29 +0000

Love the poster Dan, so true!

Here is the link to the story Purpleslog referred too.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100130/ap_on_re_as/as_china_us_taiwan_arms_sales

The irony is that the U.S. would do the same thing if China cut an arms deal and called attention to a mutual security arraignment with someone on immediate border.

By: purpleslog

purpleslog — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 13:42:29 +0000

I Just heard something on the TV about the PRC stopping military exchanges with the USA. I didn’t quite hear it all as I was booting up my computer and still a bit sleepy.

By: Edgewise.Sigma

Edgewise.Sigma — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 05:38:02 +0000

If this is really MAD, then I’d love to know what would be the “SDI for the 21st Century.”

By: Jeffrey James

Jeffrey James — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 03:55:35 +0000

So, is this one of the fruits reaped from Ma’s little trip?

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/01/29/taiwan.arms/index.html?hpt=T1