Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 19:15:59 -0500 From: danceswithcarp <dcombs-AT-bloomington.in.us> Subject: Re: and now for something completely similar At 01:48 PM 3/12/2003 -0500, Kristopher Barrett wrote: >Methinks "defending the south" is part of the problem. > >I don't think that the gov. in Seoul is going to allow a US troop build up >and invasion to be staged. Perhaps they are simply getting ready to just >leave. Not really a bad idea. South Koreans are starting to treat US >soldiers in their country as invaders. China guarantees the existence of North Korea. Surely not even this crowd in Washington is that dumb. Meanwhile, China's goal is to be the global superpower by 2050 so they are more than content to watch the US be nibbled down militarily by commitments hither, there and yon. They know what happened to the Soviet Union was accelerated by Afghanistan. >Castro is still in control of Cuba mostly because the Batisteros in Miami >have presured the US gov. into continuing the boycott. The day a McDonalds >finally goes up in Havana is the day the last nail is driven in the coffin >of the Cuban command driven economy. Apparently the Miami exiles' >continued opposition, and the US boycott they have continued to demand, is >the only thing propping Castro's regime up. A McDonalds will not go up in North Korea until its safe to let the people play with cement. Right now fresh cement would be a food group. carp
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