What is so great about Henry Kissinger and Lee Kuan Yew.
Henry Kissinger is no better than the average lobbyist.
Lee Kuan Yew is a senile old man who has way exceeded
his used by date.
"pg" <penang@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> Unlike the US of decades ago, the current crop of US politicians is
> quite lousy.
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> One really reminisce the legacy of legendaries such as Henry
> Kissinger.
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> In an interview with UPI, Lee Kuan Yew bemoan the morassity of US
> political scene.
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http://www.upi.com/International_Security/Emerging_Threats/Analysis/2008/02/08/interview_lee_kuan_yew_--_part_1/1475/
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http://www.upi.com/International_Security/Emerging_Threats/Analysis/2008/02/08/interview_lee_kuan_yew_--_part_2/9398/
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> On Mar 2, 1:40 pm, "Zomi" <z...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> =====
>>
>> US hopefuls use China-ba****ng in Ohio
>>
>> AP, WA****NGTON
>> Sunday, Mar 02, 2008, Page 7
>>
>> Democratic presidential hopeful Senator Barack Obama eats a tortilla
>> during
>> a campaign stop at the Sombrero Festival in Brownsville, Texas, on
>> Friday.
>> PHOTO: AP
>>
>> China has proven a reliable punching bag, and potential vote-getter,
for
>> US
>> presidential candidates: The fast-growing country's massive factories,
>> staffed by underpaid workers, fill US stores with tainted food and
>> dangerous
>> toys, voters are told.
>>
>> Candidates accuse China's government of cru****ng dissent and
befriending
>> thug rulers in Sudan and Myanmar; Beijing's currency manipulation and
>> trade
>> distortions, they say, make it impossible for US companies to compete.
>>
>> As a crucial primary on Tuesday in the industrial, midwestern US state
of
>> Ohio approaches, Senator Hillary Clinton and Democratic presidential
>> front-runner Senator Barack Obama are each working to convince voters
>> that
>> they are the stronger candidate to confront China.
>>
>> The campaign China-ba****ng offers another side to what US President
>> George
>> W. Bush calls the "complicated" relation****p with Beijing. His
>> administration has balanced criticism with a recognition of China as an
>> im****tant trading partner and as a world power whose cooperation is
>> needed
>> to settle nuclear standoffs with Iran and North Korea.
>>
>> Voters are wary of China's rise. With US recession fears growing, many
>> Americans are more likely to think about jobs lost to China than about
>> the
>> low prices they pay for Chinese products. Their view of China's power
can
>> also be exaggerated: A recent survey found that four in 10 Americans
>> believed China, not the US, was the world's top economic power.
>>
>> Candidates are trying to tap into that unease. Yet, despite the tough
>> talk,
>> whoever wins the White House could take a more moderate approach The
next
>> president will need Chinese help to confront a host of global issues
>> im****tant to the US.
>>
>> Clinton, in a foreign policy speech this week, dealt with voter
>> discomfort
>> with China. "Today, China's steel comes here and our jobs go there,"
she
>> said. "We play by the rules and they manipulate their currency. We get
>> tainted fish and lead-laced toys and poisoned pet food in return."
>>
>> Obama has recently called China "the biggest beneficiary and the
biggest
>> problem that we have with respect to trade."
>>
>> He spoke of Ohio workers watching equipment being "unbolted from the
>> floors
>> of factories and ****pped to China, resulting in devastating job losses
>> and
>> communities completely falling apart."
>>
>> In Ohio, where thousands of manufacturing jobs have disappeared this
>> decade,
>> the complaints on China will appeal to voters.
>>
>> "China is very front and center," Senator Sherrod Brown, an Democrat
from
>> the state, said. "My guess is both candidates would acknowledge that
>> trade
>> is a bigger issue in Ohio than even they knew."
>>
>> China's economic and trade policies have long been criticized by US
>> lawmakers and manufacturers, especially as a huge US trade deficit with
>> China has grown. The trade gap has been blamed for contributing to the
>> loss
>> of 3 million manufacturing jobs in the US since 2000.
>>
>> Dozens of bills in Congress would punish China for what critics see as
>> unfair trade practices.
>>
>> Ralph Cossa, president of the Pacific Forum CSIS think tank, said that
>> whatever the candidates say about China during the campaign, Bush's
>> successor will find a way to improve ties with China.
>>
>> As Obama and Clinton fight for the right to face presumed Republican
>> nominee
>> Senator John McCain, China is closely watching how it is ****trayed by
the
>> candidates.
>>
>> Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi (???) told re****ters this week
that
>> he
>> spends "more time watching US television channels and reading US
>> newspapers
>> than what I did in previous years."
>>
>> Asked if US-China relations could be hurt by domestic US politics, Yang
>> said
>> it is a "mainstream consensus" among Democrats and Republicans to
>> "further
>> grow the relation****p with China."
>>
>> Recently, McCain has measured his comments on China, criticizing its
>> pollution and efforts on climate change.
>>
>> He also has taken a tough line, saying the US "must take note" of
China's
>> "warlike rhetoric" toward US ally Taiwan.
>>
>> China's close economic and diplomatic relations with "pariah states"
such
>> as
>> Myanmar, Sudan and Zimbabwe will result in tensions, McCain wrote in
the
>> journal Foreign Affairs.
>>
>> http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2008/03/02/2003403677
>>
>> =====
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