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Originally posted by skywalker:
Donut seems to be referenceing this article from the Weekly Telegraph.
THIS ARTICLE
{Memnoch - edited link}
Hope I did not spoil anything, Donut. [img]smile.gif[/img]
Mark
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These Neo-imperialist and PNAC types really have a most endearing frankness about them. But what is even more impressive is their unmateched ability to simplify the most complex problems in such a way that one feels prompted to
shout:"Wow, how come that didn't occur to me!"
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As North Korea will probably refuse such terms, the book urges a Cuba-style military blockade and overt preparations for war, including the rapid pullback of US forces from the inter-Korean border so that they move out of range of North Korean artillery.
Such steps, with luck, will prompt China to oust its nominal ally, Kim Jong-il, and install a saner regime in North Korea, the authors write.
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If they now only suggested a way how to also pull Seoul out of the range of the NK artillery ...
Employing China actually does seem like a very smart idea to me. But as far as I know that is already being done and the scary conclusion one apparently has to draw from the results so far is that even Beijing has lost much of its influence over the NK regime.
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The book calls for tough action against France and its dreams of offsetting US power. "We should force European governments to choose between Paris and Washington," it states. Britain's independence from Europe should be preserved, perhaps with open access for British arms to American defence markets.
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Wow, there seem to be exactly two groups of people left in the universe who think that France is still THAT powerful today - some leftover Gaullists (aged at least 75) and the Neo-Imps. But one has to be understanding: who would have thought that the Evil Empire is so very hard to replace in their worldview.
And it breaks my heart that I have to the one who breaks the bad news to them: even if deployed immediately, the US Navy will arrive alomst 200 years too late to assist the British in the Battle of Trafalgar. But it is, of course,the thought that counts. I have been told, though, that Nelson managed quiet well all by himself.
Hint (not only to the Neo-Imps): if your aim is to gain a somewhat realistic picture of the complex, often outright confusing and contradictatory realities of modern Europe and its politics, it is very advisable NOT to base it entirely on what you get to read and watch in the Murdoch media outlets on both sides of the Atlantic.
[ 01-11-2004, 03:41 AM: Message edited by: Memnoch ]