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September 8, 2007 at 08:50:26

White House Soft on China

by John E. Carey Page 2 of 2 page(s)

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Washington Times analyst Bill Gertz reported in today’s editions that, “The president repeatedly has called relations with China ‘complex’ but has avoided all criticism of China’s military activities, including the provocative anti-satellite missile test in January, and growing Chinese information warfare capabilities. He has limited criticism of China’s repressive political system to its lack of religious freedom.”

“It’s the Goldman Sachs China policy,” said one defense official, referring to former Goldman Sachs executives Henry M. Paulson Jr., now Treasury secretary, and Joshua B. Bolten, White House chief of staff.

The bottom line: America has put money and deals before human rights.
China, on the other hand, is adept at getting what it wants despite a lawless attitude toward international norms and conventions.

Bill Gertz, “Inside the Ring”
http://washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070907/NATION04/109070053/1008

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John E. Carey is the former president of International Defense Consultants, Inc.

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A man of reason!
imanA man of reason!

Soft on China & Why

The US economy now needs an infusion of at least 2 billion dollars a day to keep this country from going down the hole. Most of this money is coming from China along with Canada, Japan & Saudia Arabia. It is highly unlikely that the President will pull any punches with the Chinese over human rights issues or trade, for that matter. To do so will cause the Chinese to retaliate by dumping the over 1 trillion dollars in US government bonds that they now hold. If & when this ever occurs, you can kiss this country's economy goodbye! Besides, this money is also being used to finance the 2 quagmires in Afghanistan & Iraq. Both of these so called wars have now cost in excess of a half trillion dollars & will exceed 2 trillon in a few years. Also, I can't blame the Chinese for building up their military. They along with the Russians would like to keep the US out of Central Asia, where much is at stake including billions of barells of oil, trillions of cubic feet of natural gas, strategic metals including gold, silver, molybedem, uraniun, etc. & Soviet era industry. This is was the major theme of the last month's Shanghai Cooperation Organization(SCO) annual meeting in Kyrgystan, limiting US access to the region. And besides, the US was not permitted to even have an observer at the conference!

by iman (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 89 comments) on Saturday, September 8, 2007 at 2:10:56 PM