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CaesarI · 08-10-2003, 09:37 PM

Defeating N. Korea would be difficult? Hmm... not according to my analysis. Care to divulge your reasons for thinking it'd be a tough nut to crack?

As far as China... well China is a tough nut to figure out, but they like it that way.

But in all honesty debating these things with only declassified information is a largely academic exercise. Why bother?

What can be said is that Clinton should've never started shipping'em food and oil in '94. It would have irritated'em, and perhaps caused a minor skirmish, but the reality is that it's a classic military technique: siege. Yet Bill decided to give food and oil to our enemies? What sorta weed was he smoking (though not inhaling)?

Well he wasn't smoking weed.... he was just being a politician. Provoking such a conflict (when the risks were lower than they are now) would have been political suicide, even if it was best for the country. Blair by contrast cares more about what's good for England than what's good for his career.

But that's just my unedumacated opinion.

08-10-2003, 09:37 PM	#33 (permalink)
CaesarI Upright Location: WA, CO	Defeating N. Korea would be difficult? Hmm... not according to my analysis. Care to divulge your reasons for thinking it'd be a tough nut to crack? As far as China... well China is a tough nut to figure out, but they like it that way. But in all honesty debating these things with only declassified information is a largely academic exercise. Why bother? What can be said is that Clinton should've never started shipping'em food and oil in '94. It would have irritated'em, and perhaps caused a minor skirmish, but the reality is that it's a classic military technique: siege. Yet Bill decided to give food and oil to our enemies? What sorta weed was he smoking (though not inhaling)? Well he wasn't smoking weed.... he was just being a politician. Provoking such a conflict (when the risks were lower than they are now) would have been political suicide, even if it was best for the country. Blair by contrast cares more about what's good for England than what's good for his career. But that's just my unedumacated opinion.