Moves on both sides are increasing rapidly. US and South Korea prepare for wargames.

http://www.foxnews.com/world/0216/i_ap_0216_3.sml

-- maybe (not@nostie.com), February 16, 2000

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When Joel Skousen was interviewed by Chuck Miseler he made the comment that there must be more to the US giving military secrets to China other than Clinton's cupidity. Skousen hypothesized that the US is helping build up China to keep Russia in check. Russia and China now have a treaty similar to the one between Hitler and Stalin.

NH

-- NH (new@mindspring.com), February 16, 2000.

That's an awfully big leap of faith. What would history have said if Hitler hadn't turned against Russia, and Russia had remained allied with the Nazis? It's hard to say exactly, but I think the allies would have had a much worse time defeating them.

It probably would have given the Nazis enough time to develop their own atomic bomb, then use it against targets in Europe or the US.

Trusting China to keep Russia in check, even if that was the agreement, would be foolhardy to the Nth degree. The Chinese have never proved they can be trusted to do more than kill their own citizens, or expand their communist interests.

-- Powder (Powder47keg@aol.com), February 16, 2000.

Powder:

I differ to beg with you. The Chinese have over the past 1500 or so years have proven, with a few exceptions, to have done precisely what was right for their own enlightened self interest IN THE LONG VIEW (or OVER THE LONG RUN).

This is a concept we in the West, and ESPECIALLY in the US can not seem to grasp. Perhaps it is due to the fact that their histroy is of LONG familial dynasties that they are trained from infancy to look at the LONG VIEW, and to do that which benefits them as far into the future as 2-5 GENERATIONS.

The only people in the US with even a SMALL INKLING of this are vintners.

CHuck

-- Chuck, a night driver (rienzoo@en.com), February 16, 2000.

Chuck,

Maybe, but the question still is, is what's in China's best interests in our best interests?

Frank

-- Someone (ChimingIn@twocents.cam), February 16, 2000.

All of the computer parts I buy, are made in China. All of the electronics, seem to have China stickers, and tons of other stuff. Seems like they are 95% of our imports. Walk through some of the stores and look at the country of origin. How would all of this be impacted if China and Russia turn on the US? Wonder what percent of their income comes from US imports?

-- suzy (suzy@nowhere.com), February 16, 2000.