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I have come to the conclusion that the "West" has been in decline for a long time, both culturally & economically
I say, let the Chinese have their day!
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China is not controlled by the Chinese People.
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You'll really see China's might when it comes to wars/geopolitics over resources (especially oil).
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By the time it comes to that we will have migrated to other energy sources anyway.
Hybrids are now common...BMW just released one of the first commercial hydrogen cars. We'll have conflicts with the CCP, but they wont be over oil.
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Looks like China will be getting Taiwan after all.
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Doesnt look that way to me...every time there is a confrontation they back down. We sell weapons to Taiwan and they do nothing. What exactly have they said or done that makes you think that is going to change?
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China considers Taiwan their island.
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The CCP has never occupied Taiwan. If they really considered it their island, they would be at war with us since we have sold taiwan weapons. They would have already invaded taiwan for electing their own leaders.
Even the CCP doesnt really believe they own Taiwan.
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Bush is fixated on a crusade thing.
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And why not? What is wrong with spreading freedom?
You dont understand him because you have no common frame of reference...you have no moral spine.
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Meanwhile China is on course to be more economically powerful than the US by 2040 and they are deploying more long range ICBM that could hit the US.
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So what? The
best they can hope for is MAD. The same is not true for us...NMD is already online and will only get better.
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yeah .. right .. bush can steal an eleciton .. and the americans call it democracy ... and no one questions it ...
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hyperbole.
Lots of people questioned it. Bush won according to the rules we had in place long before the election. And in any event, there was no question the 2nd election at all...he won the popular vote as well. Whats your excuse for that?
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what .. with all this talk .. Americans truly believe they invented democracy and the vote ..
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What Americans have made that claim? Please post your source for this.
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do you truly believe you can use the word democracy .. and go to war .. and simply do whatever you please ...?
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Try and stop us.
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You know .. i like .. people like Ben franklin ..
they've been so brainwashed by their own government
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He's been Brainwashed, but not by his government.