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Offline jpsb

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Fatal delusions of Western man
« on: March 02, 2018, 02:12:17 pm »
“We got China wrong. Now what?” ran the headline over the column in the Washington Post.

“Remember how American engagement with China was going to make that Communist backwater more like the democratic, capitalist West?” asked Charles Lane in his opening sentence.

America’s elites believed that economic engagement and the opening of U.S. markets would cause the People’s Republic to coexist benignly with its neighbors and the West.

We deluded ourselves. It did not happen.

Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2018/03/fatal-delusions-of-western-man/#lstKgfYj66ElF8Dg.99
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Re: Fatal delusions of Western man
« Reply #1 on: March 02, 2018, 02:13:38 pm »
Thanks for nothing neocons (Bushism).
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Re: Fatal delusions of Western man
« Reply #2 on: March 02, 2018, 03:56:31 pm »
I read that article earlier, really nightmarish. Pat says things like Odom said this, so it doesn't just appear to be an attack on the previous administration. It's certainly an article that makes one think and I'd urge all to read it.

Yeah, and that "Most Favored Nation" status to China.
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