11-13-2007, 12:40 AM | #1 |
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The Hunt for Red October?
Any of you read that Tom Clancy Novel?
Imagine how heads exploded when an undetected Chinese sub emerges in the middle of a naval exercise. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/liv...n_page_id=1811 |
11-13-2007, 01:04 AM | #2 |
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I haven't read the novel, but I saw the movie on Friday. I had a very pretty date, too.
Don't remember if the movie was good or not.
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11-13-2007, 01:18 AM | #3 |
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I read the book. Pretty good, but it is the only Clancy I ever read.
I think that this incident with the CHinese sub will result in some damage to careers in the Navy. Maybe we are paying too muc h attention to Iraq.
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How much does China spend each year on corporate espionage? Who opened the door? How many Chinese businessmen made a campaign contribution and slept in the Lincoln bedroom? Last edited by tooblue; 11-13-2007 at 03:20 AM. |
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The faith that people have George Bush is just unfathomable to me. THe utter incompetence and people not only give him a pass, but actually BELIEVE in him. Now I have no idea what Clinton did with corporate interests. But I am not so naive as to believe that Bush cleaned up ANYTHING when he came into office. The same backs are being scratched. |
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How can a President know if his advisers or military personnel are smart enough?
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Gates is too little too late. If he had had a few more Gates in 2001, we might not be in the mess we're in. Of course, I'm not saying Clinton was any different. The point is that China will be coddled, now, and next year, and the year after. It doesn't matter if it is Romney, or Clinton or anyone else. |
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Is it generally good to have a favorable relationship with China or an adversarial relationship? What does ignoring the silence of electric motors in submarines have to do with coddling?
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Countries should always act based on self-interest. You appear to be judging nation-states on personal standards not on historical nation-state standards, a fundamental weakness of American politics. No great nation-state has ever taken the stance you propose. And none ever will. Of course I disagree with your characterization as well.
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