The intellectual origins of America-Bashing

[Ghetta Life]

>From: "Otto" <ottosell at yahoo.de>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Ghetta Life" <ghetta_outta at hotmail.com>
> >
> > You can't possibly have wanted the US to "intervene" (if by that you 
>mean
> > militarily) in that instance, can you?  That would have been the start 
>of
> > WW3.  And your claim that the symbol was "empty" is belied by the 
>response
> > it generated from the Communist government.  It was a very potent and
> > greatly feared symbol.
>
>No, I meant economically. And the response wasn't generated by the symbol, 
>it was just the way the leading junta reacts to political demonstrations.

The symbol was a clear message to their rulers and the world of what they 
wanted.  The reality of the situation is that the overthrow of that regime 
will have to come from within.  The US can't control a country like China 
economically.  They are too big, and there are alway other countries who 
will be willing to fill any void left by the US.  Is that why you think it 
was an empty symbol - No overt support from the US?

> > Let's ask a question.  If you were one of them, what would your choice 
>have  been, either in symbol or action?
>
>Leave China.

Easier said than done.  And it obviously would help no one but yourself.

Ghetta

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