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Did The Chinese Violate Any Treaties?
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oups.com... Basically, I am somewhat nostalgic for the world order that existed in the nineteenth century. Here, there was peace between all the advanced democracies, hmmm, notable events of the 19th century include: War of 1812 Trail Of Tears and Manifest Destiny Mexican-American War Crimean War U.S. Civil War Russo-Turkish War Franco-Prussian War Sino-Japanese War Spanish-American War you could really add in the Russo-Japanese war of 1904-05 as well. yep, it was a Golden Age of peace adn harmony all right -- Terrell Miller "Some of history's worst disasters have been brought about by taking a solution that has worked successfully in one area, and trying to apply it in another area where it isn't appropriate." -James P. Hogan |
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"Rand Simberg" wrote in message ... On Sun, 21 Jan 2007 06:32:43 GMT, in a place far, far away, "Greg D. Moore \(Strider\)" made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that: "Rand Simberg" wrote in message ... It's no surprise that fewer and fewer people pay attention to anything you have to say. What's your evidence for that? You really are either blind or so egotistical it's not funny. Look around. Look at what everyone around here has been saying about you and your postings. *Everyone*? Oh you're right. So sorry, it's not everything. I don't think Brad Guth has had much to say about you. I don't think so. |
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Pat Flannery wrote:
Since they apparently intend to have a bloody civil war, just get out of the way and let them have it; maybe if their leaders are all concerned that they are going to be killed, they will actually decide that they can live together somehow. Do you really think that they have a choice? Maybe the U.S. electorate, in 1948, could have voted for Russia not to get nuclear weapons, so that they wouldn't have had to pay so much taxes for the Cold War. It takes *one* to make a fight, not two. You start a draft when your country is under attack, not when you decide to invade another country. September 11, 2001. We frankly can't afford this war in a monetary sense; our tanks, Humvees, and helicopters are worn out, our National Guard and Reserve troops have had their lives torn apart with no good reason, and if the President tries to start a draft, he's going to impeached inside of 48 hours...and rightfully so. Why impeached? Doesn't Congress have to authorize conscription? Surely all they have to do is laugh at him, not impeach him. John Savard |
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Demosthenes wrote:
Apparently the Chinese have decided that they, too, have the right to "deny, if necessary, adversaries the use of space capabilities hostile to [Chinese] national interests." A few years back, China had one nuclear-armed submarine, and it was in dock being repaired, according to a TIME magazine article. (But the latest cover, at least in Canada, shows China rising as the new rival superpower.) Perhaps the U.S. no longer has a first-strike capability with regards to China at this time. Certainly, if China is going for flashy, propagandistic things like an ASAT test, one would think its military buildup would include the essentials - the ability to *assure* the destruction of the United States if necessary. If, though, the Chinese leadership thinks it can get its way through a military posture based on show and not true strength, well, they can get so far through frightening electorates, but they cannot go too far. If we have sat back and allowed them to acquire real strength - well, it is in line with our traditional policy of not engaging in aggression, including pre-emptive wars. Unlike the terrorists (vide Iraq), China does not have the U.S. panicked. This may be a mistake. John Savard |
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wrote: You start a draft when your country is under attack, not when you decide to invade another country. September 11, 2001. The Sept. 11th attacks were conducted by a small band of criminals, loosely backed by one government which no longer exists (the Taliban regime of Afghanistan). They can't reasonably be used as an excuse to impose conscription for any purpose you please, 5+ years later. (Of course, the secret motto of the Department of Fatherland Security is "we have to destroy freedom to save it" :-), but this seems a trifle excessive even so.) There might be some sense to it if the proposed draft were for the purpose of pacifying *Afghanistan* and finally stamping the Taliban out once and for all -- and heaven knows, that could use doing. But Iraq is an unrelated side show. ...and if the President tries to start a draft, he's going to impeached inside of 48 hours...and rightfully so. Why impeached? Doesn't Congress have to authorize conscription? Surely all they have to do is laugh at him, not impeach him. If he asked for something so stupid, they might feel that the process of regime change couldn't reasonably wait another two years. -- spsystems.net is temporarily off the air; | Henry Spencer mail to henry at zoo.utoronto.ca instead. | |
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On Sun, 21 Jan 2007 18:41:16 -0600, in a place far, far away, Pat
Flannery made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that: wrote: You start a draft when your country is under attack, not when you decide to invade another country. September 11, 2001. Which had zip to do with the Iraqis. Or as one wag put it: "It's like the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor... and we promptly declared war on Mexico." Or we promptly invaded Tunis, in North Africa. Which is in fact what we did, since you seem historically ignorant. |
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Rand Simberg wrote: Or we promptly invaded Tunis, in North Africa. Which is in fact what we did, since you seem historically ignorant. You don't really know almost anything about what happened in America's history, do you? Were you even born in the United States? I can't believe you ever went to even high school here, as this would have been covered in something like seventh grade history class. Although getting war declared on Japan was a piece of cake, getting war declared on the rest of the Axis would have been almost impossible politically for FDR... but lucky for him (and particularly Churchill, who couldn't believe what he was seeing when it happened, and was almost bouncing off the walls with joy) on December 11th, 1941 Germany and Italy declared war on the United States. We didn't get around to invading Tunisia until almost a year later, on November 8th, 1942, and the city of Tunis proper didn't fall until the evening of May 6th, 1943. If you are referring to the Barbary Pirates, we attacked them after they they started raiding American shipping at the end of the 1700's, and we never did invade the city of Tunis, just bombarded the place, burnt the frigate "The Philadelphia" in Tripoli harbor in 1804, and came back and seized the fortress of Derna at Tripoli in 1805 as a way of making the Pacha of Tripoli agree to stop raiding our shipping in the Mediterranean: http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/barbary.htm What that would have to do with the attack on Pearl Harbor or 9-11 is beyond me, as the Barbary Pirates weren't into slaying Christians, but rather holding them hostage for ransom. But you know what? I think I know exactly what you were trying to pull here. You were going to do the old bait-and-switch. I was going to assume you were referring to "Tunisia" and Operation Torch, not "Tunis"...and then you were going to bring up The Barbary Pirates and the attack on Derna, claiming I was misunderstanding what you were talking about. This would be a classic troll move, and worthy of ol' CT himself. Except that there's a big difference... CT would say something completely off the wall, then have fun taking on those who disagreed with him by a series of torturous and convoluted arguments. You, on the other hand I'm pretty sure, were attempting to purposely make a posting that was misleading, so that I'd jump on it, and then you could say "That's not what I was talking about at all." Of course you couldn't say "Tripoli" as that would be a give-away. And Tunisia would of course refer to Operation Torch...so you said "Tunis" instead, without checking if we ever invaded the place during the Barbary war. The alternative to that would be that you really are that completely clueless about the history of WW II, in which case it's no wonder that your take on reality is so odd, as it's based on extreme ignorance of it in any detail. Pat |
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On Sun, 21 Jan 2007 20:12:03 -0600, in a place far, far away, Pat
Flannery made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that: Rand Simberg wrote: Or we promptly invaded Tunis, in North Africa. Which is in fact what we did, since you seem historically ignorant. You don't really know almost anything about what happened in America's history, do you? Actually, I'm quite conversant, thanks. |
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KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT Did The Chinese Violate Any Treaties?
Booted Cat wrote: I recommend this short movie mocking Kim Jong Il and his secret agent buying Hennessy XO wine from Chinese black market :=) http://www.youtube.com/view_play_lis...52D9ED01495685 It would probably put to shame, the whole hollywood establishment with such a fine tuned plot and conclusion ... It not only is a mock on Kim Jong Il, but also on Bush, the Chinese workers and the Chinese rich class of gangsters and criminals ... truly the work of a genius and probably made on a shoestring ... The future belongs to India, China, Russia, Central Asia and Venezuela .... the old centers of civilization and the new centers of oil ... |
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