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Date Posted: 16:32:01 04/09/01 Mon
To prevent anymore insults from being slung, as Checks and others seem to enjoy (no offense, I know everyone's very defensive of their position, including myself), I've taken the liberty of introducing a new topic. It's one that perhaps those members from other countries (asides from China) may not be familiar with, but I doubt it, as it is a world headline. Let's talk about the US hostage situation over in China! I'd like to begin at the beginning.
The outline of my position is this: Apologize to China and get it over with. It was our spy plane that landed there, whether by emergency or whatever, and China had every right to investigate. If it had happened over here, we'd have searched it clean an hour after it touched down, no matter what the Chinese government had ordered us to do or not do. Now they have the crew and are refusing to let them leave the country. Not necessarily something we would've done in their position, but China is vastly different from the US. Their lives are not endangered, they are perfectly healthy, the Chinese have allowed emails and presents from their families sent to them. Why won't Georgie-boy apologize? The press have concluded that it would make the US look weak. We're the "Super Power" in the world and backing down to China would seem the easy way out. Yes, it is the easy way out, but it gets our pilots back home and continued, if somewhat tense, good relations with China. Dragging this on and on could possible endanger our men (highly unlikely, but maybe), make the US look bull-headed, and overly stubborn to much of the world, and in the worse-case scenario, stunt our relations with China badly. My own opinion is that Dub-ya was caught off guard by this sudden event that occured so soon after he entered office. I almost like to think that he's stalling for time to figure out what to do, but then I never liked him and it's too tempting to resist teasing him. ;) This is an ultimate test of wits and capability for him, and many people's opinions will be turned depending on the outcome of the solution. I do give him credit for not backing down and standing his ground, but this time, I think he's got his heart in the wrong place.
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