Bush Is Concerned About China's Military, Urges Allied Countries to Keep Their Troops in Iraq

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Source: AP

SYDNEY, Australia (AP) -- President Bush said in an interview broadcast Friday that he would be concerned about China's military if the country ever turned hostile, and he urged allied countries to keep their troops in Iraq.

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"My view of China is that they're internally focused to the extent that they want economic growth and vitality, they're externally focused in order to get the raw materials they need, but if they ever turn hostile, I would be concerned about the military," Bush said.

Bush said his administration spends "a lot of time on China" and that Washington had good relations with both China and Japan, two traditional rivals in Asia. He said it was important for the United States to be an "active presence in Asia to make sure that old tensions don't flare up."

He also urged countries considering pulling out troops to base their decisions on restoring the country's security, saying the U.S. needs "all our coalition partners" in Iraq.



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I think the reverse is happening.
China's growing power in wealth allows it to make oil agreements everywhere and its companies to expand.
US and Europe are left the military presence here and there, with a capitalistic system failing for lack of money and investments.

Mr Bush should know 1,3 billion in population don't represent a military threat: they are the biggest work-force in the world.
It's economy that worries you, Mr President. Not military.

[Disturbed]

1. Busholini & his Regime are idiots.

The US Congress is complicit in their War Crimes & domestic crimes.

[stressfulreality]

9. yup, which just goes to show that there is little difference between repubs and dems...

VERY discouraging.

[JTFrog]

2. "I would be concerned"

"If I wasn't trying to bring on the apocalypse that is!"

The guy is gonna start WWIII isn't he?

[CoffeeCat]

3. Great. Just great. Soon...

...Bush will transform many countries into our enemies, and the "axis of evil" will
become a "dodecahedron of evil".

Can someone please contain that piece of trash--and prevent him
from sauntering around the globe while he gleefully trashes
our reputation and cultivates more disdain for our country?

[Phrogman]

4. Related news from the Asia Times, cross posted, terrific reading right here....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=103&topic_id=304865&mesg_id=304865

[bdamomma]

5. when is this stupid fuck going to shut up. George are you

going after China now, you little man.

[MaineDem]

6. Are those two items related?

It's as bad as attacking Iraq in response to 9/11.

The man is a fuckwit!

[happygoluckytoyou]

7. THE TROOPS REPLY

ALL OF THE FOREIGN TROOPS IN IRAQ HAVE REPLIES TO PRESIDENT BUSH...

ILYA WANNAGOSKI SAID "BUT ALL OF THE OTHER POLES HAVE LEFT... I'M LONELY AND WANT TO GO HOME"

DUNG HO SAID "BUT ALL OF THE OTHER CHINESE HAVE LEFT.... I'M TIRED AND WANT TO GO HOME"

HELEN HIGHWATER SAID "BUT ALL OF THE OTHER BRITS HAVE LEFT.... I'M HUNGRY AND WANT TO GO HOME"

...... THE TWO IRISHMEN, MICHAEL FITZPATRICK AND PATRICK FITZMICHAEL WERE BUSY IN THE LATRINE AND DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO REPLY



THERE ARE NO OTHER FOREIGN TROOPS IN IRAQ EXCEPT FOR THE AMERICANS... THEY WERE TOO BUSY SHOOTING AT WEDDING PARTIES AND ENGAGING IN FRIENDLY FIRE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PRESS CONFERENCE

[Javaman]

8. He's*, as always, a fucking idiot.

all china has to due to totally screw us is to stop buying our debt. That would be a much more effective way of destroying us than any army wish they could.

They fund our debt to the tune of 200 billion a month.

take that away and poof, no more U.S.