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| Cheney Makes Hu An Offer He Can?t Refuse... |
| 2004-04-22 |
| ...From marmot.blogs.com ... White House Godfather made Hu Jintao an offer he couldn?t refuse? According to the Jo Gap-je, the chief editor of the Chosun Ilbo?s Monthly Chosun Magazine, U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney apparently laid down the law to the Chinese during his visit to Beijing. More specifically, he is said to have told Chinese leaders, " If China cannot prevent North Korea from arming itself with nuclear weapons, the United States, too, cannot prevent Taiwan and Japan from arming themselves with nuclear weapons." Ouch! Anyway, Jo claims he got his info from an American intelligence source. He also mentioned that the Chinese owe the Americans; apparently, Beijing twice asked Washington -- once during the Reagan administration and once during Bush Sr.?s -- to put the squeeze on Taipei?s nuclear weapons programs. Taiwan can produce nukes within a couple of months, and as a non-party to the NPT, it could do so without any international legal barriers whatsoever. Anyway, this apparently explains China?s sudden request that Kim visit Beijing, and there?s a possibility that Pyongyang -- now under intense Chinese pressure -- may soon make a "dramatic declaration" much like Libya?s. Anyway, I don?t know what to make of this. Could be bullshit, but it might not be. I certainly hope it?s true, because I had given up all hope that any American leader would explain things so frankly to China. ...And may we assume otherwise they?ll be hearing from Luca Brazzi?.. Mike |
| Posted by:Mike Kozlowski |
| #2 " If China cannot prevent North Korea from arming itself with nuclear weapons, the United States, too, cannot prevent Taiwan and Japan from arming themselves with nuclear weapons." This sort of policy statement cuts across all partisan and religious lines. It is bald-faced and clearly declared opposition to any lingering sponsorship of rouge nations as political tinderboxes being held in ominous abeyance. Such wording conveys a degree of candor that is refreshingly similar to Armitage's recent proctologic dismissal of a certain Arab news reporter. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2004-04-23 4:16:44 AM |
| #1 Don't they usually have Baker deliver that message? |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-04-23 1:05:47 AM |