25-08-2003 04:47									#91
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PLATO: I'm firmly convinced this whole North Korea business is just China ****ing with us. The only way things can get more ****ed up in the ME is if China is screwing around there.

	25-08-2003 04:48									#92
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They are in Congo right now, but it's a really small detachment of engineers.

http://test.china.org.cn/english/2003/Apr/60651.htm

	25-08-2003 04:52									#93
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quote: Originally posted by Sava PLATO: I'm firmly convinced this whole North Korea business is just China ****ing with us. The only way things can get more ****ed up in the ME is if China is screwing around there.

I think that this could be a very real possibility as well. It would not be unlike China to use a proxy to test the defenses of an advesary. The Chinese military is convinced that an eventual conflict with the US will take place. They are just trying to set the timing. Perhaps this is just a stimulus/response test for us. Unfotunately, Kim is unstable enough that we must react to the possibility that he will use or sell nuclear weapons. If it is a Chinese test, then I hope they have not miscalculated.

	25-08-2003 04:56									#94
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quote: Originally posted by Ted Striker They are in Congo right now, but it's a really small detachment of engineers. http://test.china.org.cn/english/2003/Apr/60651.htm

quote: A 158-strong engineering company of Chinese peace-keepers and an eight-person medical team departed from Beijing Tuesday night for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). They are the advance party of the 175 troopers and 43 medical staff, including 13 female doctors and nurses, to be sent to the DRC by China. This is the second time China has sent a detachment of military personnel to join a United Nations-sponsored overseas peace-keeping mission. Eight hundred Chinese engineering troops participated in the peace-keeping mission in Cambodia in 1992 and 1993, building and rebuilding two airports, and building 36 bridges and 500 km of roads. China has sent more than 1,450 soldiers and officers to missions in 10 nations and regions since 1990 when it joined the UN's peace-keeping programs. A Defense Ministry official said the Chinese peace-keepers, selected from the Chinese military and equipped with advanced engineering outfit, are capable of fulfilling the mission of airport rebuilding and the construction of roads, bridges and houses. The medical team will also serve local civilians, he said. (Xinhua News Agency April 2, 2003)

I had no idea. They certainly keep a low profile, don't they?

	25-08-2003 06:04									#95
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quote: I wonder, for some reason the supporters of Bully and Bliar seem unable to post and comment on this issue. What could be the cause?

Because the thread premise is silly. As stated above, Bush Sr's demise had nothing to do with Iraq, but rather the economy. Bush Jr's reelection will have mostly to do with the economy as well, just as pretty much all reelections have been since the founding of the Republic.

	25-08-2003 09:02									#96
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quote: Originally posted by DanS Bush Sr's demise had nothing to do with Iraq, but rather the economy.

	25-08-2003 09:04									#97
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What's so funny Horse?

That's how Blowjob Boy got elected with his, "it's the economy stupid," line.

	25-08-2003 09:13									#98
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quote: Originally posted by Ted Striker What's so funny Horse? That's how Blowjob Boy got elected with his, "it's the economy stupid," line.

And the economy improved under Clinton. (And BTW, since when is a blow job a bad thing?)

	25-08-2003 10:13									#99
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quote: Originally posted by The Templar And the economy improved under Clinton.

Yeah, you mean the dot com bubble, Andersen, Enron, et al?

Great management and oversight there, I'll say.

	25-08-2003 10:42									#100
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just irrational exuberance

	25-08-2003 12:04									#101
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quote: Originally posted by Alexander's Horse

Horse: Bush's numbers were sky high over Gulf War I. They fell when the economy went into resession.

	25-08-2003 13:09									#102
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and there's no link whatsoever