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   From: acoustic@panix.com   
      
   In article ,   
   rst9   wrote:   
   >On Tuesday, March 18, 2014 5:17:57 PM UTC-7, lo yeeOn wrote:   
   >> In article <1c512f1e-697d-4955-b9ec-dfad97a31116@googlegroups.com>,   
   >> rst9   wrote:   
   >> >Now, from this point on, the U.S. will try to make life hard for Putin   
   >> >and Russia.  Look for the U.S. to try and use the "China card" and try   
   >> >to placard China to oppose Putin and Russia.   
   >>   
   >> Yeah, how would this "China card" work?   
   >   
   >The words of "China card" have been in use for many years.   
   >How it works is not only a mystery to the general public,   
   >but probably a mystery to the U.S. as well as to Russia.   
   >   
   >> China is going to take our words seriously?   
   >   
   >"Words" are meaningless.  It gotta be incentives. i.e.,   
   >the return of the Diaoyu Islands, Paracel Islands, Okinawa,...   
   >   
   >The withdrawal of the 7th fleet,   
   >None support for Taiwan, Japan, the Philippines,...   
   >   
   >> The only thing China might be willing to accept in   
   >> exchange for her alliance with Russia is:   
   >>  a) turn our Asian Pivot back   
   >>  b) cease and desit further support of separatist   
   >      activities in Xinjiang and Tibet.   
   >   
   >> Part a) would mean stop its covert encouragement   
   >>      of Japan's militarist revival.   
   >   
   >All these, too.   
   >   
   >   
   >> You think the US would be willing to go to this length to   
   >> punish Putin?  I think not!   
   >   
   >Would Uncle Sam rather take the lost in Europe or   
   >the lost in Asia?   
      
   We should not view the events in Ukraine/Crimea as a loss to the US.   
   We already snatched away a big chunk of Ukraine, namely the middle and   
   the western part of the country.  We should be happy for our gains.   
   Crimea was never Ukrainian.  It was a mistake committed by a wayward   
   USSR politicain by the first name of Nikita.  Gorbachev has called the   
   Crimean referendum a step to right the wrong Krushchev committed.   
   It's just that we can't have all the low hanging fruit on the tree.   
   We just have to accept our own limitation and move on.  VP Joe Biden   
   might be moving his lips repeatedly to mouth the words: "It's plain   
   land grab... It's plain land grab."  But when he was in the Far East   
   Asia late last year, he assured the word that the US had projected   
   power in the Far East Asia for decades and it wasn't going to change   
   now..  So, what does Uncle Sam want?  Uncle Sam needs to choose!   
      
   lo yeeOn   
      
   >   
   >I think Uncle Sam rather take the lost in Asia to save Europe!!!   
      
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