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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-26-07 04:59 AM Original message |
Pentagon issues blunt warning to China |
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jamesinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-26-07 05:33 AM Response to Original message |
1. What? |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-26-07 07:16 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. not to mention manpower... we've got no Army left |
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Silence Dogood (215 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-26-07 07:38 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. If we continue to allow China sending us poisoned food stuffs |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-26-07 08:22 AM Response to Reply #5 |
11. The only way we can intervene with Taiwan |
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Kagemusha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-26-07 08:41 AM Response to Reply #11 |
20. Like naval and air forces aren't quite enough here. |
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liquiduniverse (61 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-26-07 09:06 AM Response to Reply #1 |
22. If we're at war with China, we won't have to worry about them calling our debt |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-26-07 09:31 AM Response to Reply #22 |
29. Wow, you could have been a planner in the 3rd Reich. |
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liquiduniverse (61 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-26-07 09:49 AM Response to Reply #29 |
34. lol - sorry, just trying to see the glass as half full |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-26-07 10:10 AM Response to Reply #34 |
40. Yeah, a lot of "adverse results" but look at the upside!! |
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frankieT (375 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-26-07 09:47 AM Response to Reply #22 |
32. ROFL what wishful thinking ! |
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davsand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-26-07 09:55 AM Response to Reply #22 |
38. Frankly, that debt cancellation was the first thought I had when I saw that headline. |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-26-07 10:16 AM Response to Reply #22 |
42. And with as much as we owe them, I suspect they don't want a default. |
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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-26-07 09:05 PM Response to Reply #22 |
50. General Motors depends on China for profits&parts including high tech engines |
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frankieT (375 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-27-07 11:52 AM Response to Reply #22 |
56. Not honoring the debt is not an option |
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knight_of_the_star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-27-07 01:05 PM Response to Reply #22 |
58. Let's take this apart |
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hippiechick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-26-07 05:42 AM Response to Original message |
2. One Rapture, coming up ... |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-26-07 05:44 AM Response to Original message |
3. bu$h's hand picked genius's at the Pentagon |
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MrPrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-26-07 07:04 AM Response to Original message |
4. Wonder what the Koreans think... |
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Solo_in_MD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-26-07 08:39 AM Response to Reply #4 |
17. The Chinese are pushing this and have been for some time |
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frankieT (375 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-26-07 09:51 AM Response to Reply #17 |
35. You're talkin politics here |
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Solo_in_MD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-26-07 10:42 AM Response to Reply #35 |
44. In that case its going to be a long wait |
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frankieT (375 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-27-07 11:49 AM Response to Reply #44 |
55. Oh you know China have plenty of time |
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MrPrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-26-07 12:43 PM Response to Reply #17 |
45. ??? |
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Solo_in_MD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-26-07 01:38 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Some Koreans are having more dobuts these days then in the past |
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kurth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-26-07 07:27 AM Response to Original message |
6. China's military is way overrated |
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iamjoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-26-07 07:45 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. You Need A Better Source |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-26-07 08:10 AM Response to Original message |
9. "We will sic Commander AWOL and Five Deferments Cheney on you." - Pentagon |
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soothsayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-26-07 08:11 AM Response to Original message |
10. we will do anything to keep them from tanking our economy |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-26-07 08:29 AM Response to Original message |
12. Trying once more for the Bush version of Gotterdamerung. |
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BohemianJordy (23 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-26-07 08:32 AM Response to Original message |
13. Im confused, |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-26-07 08:38 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. China considers Taiwan a province of China. |
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BohemianJordy (23 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-26-07 09:09 AM Response to Reply #15 |
24. haha yeah |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-26-07 09:38 AM Response to Reply #24 |
30. Nice post BohemianJordy |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-26-07 08:35 AM Response to Original message |
14. "Beijing’s massive military buildup" |
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Solo_in_MD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-26-07 08:40 AM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Those figures are bogus |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-26-07 08:53 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. No they aren't. |
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entanglement (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-26-07 09:43 PM Response to Reply #19 |
51. We outspend the next dozen or so countries put together |
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youngdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-26-07 09:14 AM Response to Reply #14 |
25. The graph is made even more stark by the fact that some military spending doesnt show there |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-26-07 09:19 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Assume everyone obfuscates about the same proportion |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-26-07 08:39 AM Response to Original message |
16. Speechless! |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-26-07 08:39 AM Response to Original message |
18. We could fight them on our shores |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-26-07 09:07 AM Response to Reply #18 |
23. The economic dependency is generally in the other direction. |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-26-07 09:51 AM Response to Reply #23 |
36. So you think the risk isn't worth the fight. |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-26-07 09:59 AM Response to Reply #36 |
39. I am not at war with China. |
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grilled onions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-26-07 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
27. What ABout The Issue Of Food Safety--Forget War For One Second!! |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-26-07 09:55 AM Response to Reply #27 |
37. That would require a boycott or trade embargo bill |
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candice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-27-07 02:08 PM Response to Reply #27 |
60. Vote with your pocketbook! Support local farmers markets... |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-26-07 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
28. How nice that the Pentagon is conducting our foreign affairs now. |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-26-07 10:19 AM Response to Reply #28 |
43. Like when the police and the prison lobby tell the government what the drug laws should be...eom |
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donkeyotay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-26-07 04:08 PM Response to Reply #28 |
48. Nowadays we use neoplomacy, which goes something like this: |
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Doremus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-26-07 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
31. They're kidding, right? |
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DU GrovelBot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-26-07 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
33. ## PLEASE DONATE TO DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND! ## |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-26-07 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
41. LOL! |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-26-07 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
47. Good. We should protect our ally, Taiwan, from invaders. (nt) |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-26-07 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
49. I wish they'd warn them in blunt language... |
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High Plains (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-27-07 12:19 PM Response to Reply #49 |
57. If Americans didn't want China's "inferior cheap crap"... |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-27-07 10:31 PM Response to Reply #57 |
61. TRY to find something NOT made in China.. |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-26-07 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
52. China is the real superpower and Bush Nixon and Reagan |
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unkachuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-26-07 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
53. China.... |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-26-07 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
54. If they did attack Taiwan, wouldn't that be like us in Iraq? |
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bamacrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-27-07 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
59. We have lost all authority to tell any country not to invade another for the hell of it. |
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