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Re: A question of remembrance...
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 8 May 2001 09:17:41 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, James Powell writes:
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> > You are missing the point! It has nothing to do with defence. It has two
> > objectives:
> > 1. Start a "new" arms race and bankrupt China.
> > 2. Move large amounts of money from US taxpayers to US shareholders.
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> > Everything else is salesman’s banter.
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> > Scott A
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> Na, Dave! has it right, all it is going to do is save the attacking country ~
> 10 billion dollars or so, on ICBM research as well as Special Weapons
> (Gas/Bugs/Nukes).
Very good point. However, both arguments assume there is the real risk of an
attack.
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> It's a farce. An expensive farce, that I don't think will bankrupt China, and
> as you say, will transfer a large $$$ to the shareholders.
I doubt it will bankrupt China too, especially given the amount of $$ the
west is pumping into it!
Scott A
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> James Powell
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| (...) Ya, Taiwan can sleep well at night, Mainland China has no desire to "take back its rogue province" and all those platforms they're building in the Spratleys are just fishing shacks. Ya, Japan can sleep well at night, North Korea is the most (...) (23 years ago, 8-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Na, Dave! has it right, all it is going to do is save the attacking country ~ 10 billion dollars or so, on ICBM research as well as Special Weapons (Gas/Bugs/Nukes). It's a farce. An expensive farce, that I don't think will bankrupt China, (...) (23 years ago, 8-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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