| Subject: I like ali's topic better! Lets change to his! |
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Emperor Anguirus
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Date Posted: 19:32:15 04/09/01 Mon
In reply to:
Alihja
's message, "Alrighty, new topic!" on 16:32:01 04/09/01 Mon
>To prevent anymore insults from being slung, as Checks
>and others seem to enjoy (no offense, I know
>everyone's very defensive of their position, including
>myself), I've taken the liberty of introducing a new
>topic. It's one that perhaps those members from other
>countries (asides from China) may not be familiar
>with, but I doubt it, as it is a world headline. Let's
>talk about the US hostage situation over in China! I'd
>like to begin at the beginning.
>
>The outline of my position is this: Apologize to China
>and get it over with. It was our spy plane that landed
>there, whether by emergency or whatever, and China had
>every right to investigate. If it had happened over
>here, we'd have searched it clean an hour after it
>touched down, no matter what the Chinese government
>had ordered us to do or not do. Now they have the crew
>and are refusing to let them leave the country. Not
>necessarily something we would've done in their
>position, but China is vastly different from the US.
>Their lives are not endangered, they are perfectly
>healthy, the Chinese have allowed emails and presents
>from their families sent to them. Why won't
>Georgie-boy apologize? The press have concluded that
>it would make the US look weak. We're the "Super
>Power" in the world and backing down to China would
>seem the easy way out. Yes, it is the easy way out,
>but it gets our pilots back home and continued, if
>somewhat tense, good relations with China. Dragging
>this on and on could possible endanger our men (highly
>unlikely, but maybe), make the US look bull-headed,
>and overly stubborn to much of the world, and in the
>worse-case scenario, stunt our relations with China
>badly. My own opinion is that Dub-ya was caught off
>guard by this sudden event that occured so soon after
>he entered office. I almost like to think that he's
>stalling for time to figure out what to do, but then I
>never liked him and it's too tempting to resist
>teasing him. ;) This is an ultimate test of wits and
>capability for him, and many people's opinions will be
>turned depending on the outcome of the solution. I do
>give him credit for not backing down and standing his
>ground, but this time, I think he's got his heart in
>the wrong place.
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