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Date Posted: 16:34:18 03/20/03 Thu
Author: Icon
Subject: Hmmm
In reply to: Goktimus Prime 's message, "a quick reply" on 00:44:44 03/20/03 Thu

>I heard on the news this morning that 17 Iraqi soldiers
>have already surrendered to Coalition forces.

Yeah me too. May they be the first of many! Though it has been noted that mass defections will occupy manpower, as each "surrenderee" will need to be checked for weapons, and found somewhere secure to stay.

>Correction: The United States is not the only world
>superpower left. The People's Republic of China is still a
>superpower with the world's largest army and fastest
>growing economy. The US is the world's largest and most
>dominant superpower, but it would be incorrect to say that
>it is the *only* superpower.

China seems to be politically quite inactive on the world stage, instead focussing on it's economic power, with it's weird hybrid economic structure making it seem less like a superpower than the US.

>As I mentioned before, the Chinese government is guilty of
>atrocious violations of human rights. Look at their
>persecution against the Falungong movement as an example.

Yes, being lectured on political ethics by China seems somewhat surreal. kaffkaffNepalkaffkaff

>But China is one of the few countries in the world --
>perhaps the only country in the worl - that could single-
>handedly sustain a prolonged war against the United States
>and stand a chance of defeating the Americans. Sure, the
>Americans have the most technologically advanced army in
>the world, but the Chinese army compensate with vastly
>superior numbers -

Would numbers be sufficient in and of themselves in this scenario? He who can lob the biggest bomb from furthest away with the best odds of hitting the target wins, IMHO.

>If virtually any other country captured an American
>aircraft, you'd bet that the US would demand that piece of
>military hardware returned. Yet when the Chinese capture
>one, the US merely make a polite request and do nothing
>whilst the Chinese casually tear the thing apart, analyse
>it and return what's left in pieces. *NO* other country
>could get away with doing that to the United States and
>get away with it.

Though it has to be said the US were mightily embarassed at being caught out on that one, and by the failure of the tech to be destroyed by the crew.

>The United States is certainly the most dominant member of
>the United Nations --

Though it's failure to impose it's will there might be seen as an argument against that, as might all the assorted vetoes held by other countries.

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