tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post8017707112441469731..comments2023-11-03T09:36:22.100-04:00Comments on In From the Cold: Look, Ma, No ArmsGeorge Smileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07049707648660651119noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-8482691697833048412008-07-31T01:23:00.000-04:002008-07-31T01:23:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-25675905921079221362008-07-30T15:10:00.000-04:002008-07-30T15:10:00.000-04:00The administration is walking a tightrope on China...The administration is walking a tightrope on China. <BR/><BR/>The nuclear negotiations with N. Korea wouldn't have gotten out of the box were it not for China getting on board. China had always shied away from threats of cutting off food supplies to Kim as much out of the fear of a massive refugee problem as not wanting to depose a fellow communist leader. Also, above all, they did not want a military crisis on their border during the upcoming Olympics.<BR/><BR/>It was mainly because of China's leverage that the nuclear negotiations succeeded. President Bush's quick announcement that he wouldn't boycott the opening of the Olympics, as some European leaders had after the Tibet suppression, was payback to the Chinese.<BR/><BR/>You can never be all things to all people. On the scale of world threats, solving the Korean nuclear problem has taken priority. And rightly so.Corky Boydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16363812378536729410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-13736818506910647152008-07-30T09:04:00.000-04:002008-07-30T09:04:00.000-04:00"Anyway, would love to see a post analysing US fla..."Anyway, would love to see a post analysing US flagging intentions in the Taiwan Straits."<BR/><BR/>That would be of interest.Merkwürdigliebehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08633547688991082358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-70315480837989192442008-07-30T07:21:00.000-04:002008-07-30T07:21:00.000-04:00I would love to see some analysis from you on what...I would love to see some analysis from you on what circumstances would US politcal leaders choose to ignore potential threats from Taiwan.<BR/><BR/>China, is increasingly excelling at isolating Taiwan by pressuring potential trading and recognition partners. This is especially evident in the pacrim where aid wars occur.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, would love to see a post analysing US flagging intentions in the Taiwan Straits.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-58344714832226572912008-07-29T22:11:00.000-04:002008-07-29T22:11:00.000-04:00I have an unpleasant feeling that there is somethi...I have an unpleasant feeling that there is something of a bipartisan consensus on selling out Taiwan. We do seem bent on outsourcing our industry and debt to the PRC after all.Merkwürdigliebehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08633547688991082358noreply@blogger.com