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2007-07-07 Iraq

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Posted by lotp 2007-07-07 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top
File under: Iraqi Insurgency

#1 Iran's Space Program

Posted by 3dc 2007-07-07 00:21|| 2007-07-07 00:21|| Front Page Top

#2 When you dont know why they are doing it, it is pretty damn threatening . . . they leave us no choice but to assume the worst.

I'd say you're on to something there Dick. Keep up the good werk.

Posted by Besoeker 2007-07-07 00:41|| 2007-07-07 00:41|| Front Page Top

#3 Hey, armour-piercing ammunition, poisoned toothpaste, counterfeit airframe bolts ... if it kills more Americans, China will cheerfully sell it.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-07-07 01:09|| 2007-07-07 01:09|| Front Page Top

#4 Makes sense that China would want to see its weapons field-tested against American forces. Knocks the painful front end off their learning curve if they end up in direct combat against us in the future.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2007-07-07 07:50|| 2007-07-07 07:50|| Front Page Top

#5 Spanish Civil War.

Posted by Pappy 2007-07-07 10:56|| 2007-07-07 10:56|| Front Page Top

#6 Cut off their supply of Iranian oil and see how they like it. But then China would cut off WalMart's supply of plastic crap. Oh, the humanity!

Posted by Elmereter Hupash6222 2007-07-07 12:28|| 2007-07-07 12:28|| Front Page Top

#7 If anyone at the burg is looking for historical parallels to the current conflict in Iraq, I suggest looking, as mentioned in #5, to Spain.

Posted by Mike N. 2007-07-07 13:19|| 2007-07-07 13:19|| Front Page Top

#8 Cut off their supply of Iranian oil and see how they like it. But then China would cut off WalMart's supply of plastic crap.

Sounds like a win-win to me.

Agreed about the Spanish Civil War analogy. I always felt like the Falklands served that sort of purpose for Britain and the USA. We really need to do everything possible to expand and steepen China's learning curve. They are up to no good and we are their principal target.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-07-07 15:49|| 2007-07-07 15:49|| Front Page Top

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