regaining the initiativeBy: Kaushik | 04-Jun-2009Reply | Forwardthis is the real world. Might is right. We just have to dress it the right way. All countries,especially major powers look out for themselves. We have to ally ourselves with countries that have similar interests and keep our friends and allies,especially longstanding ones. Gaining a strategic alliance is good only if they don't use it to harm our interests,deliberately or otherwise. We shouldn't delude ourselves about others' opinion of us. Some food for thought; Mao killed tens of millions of his own people and President Nixon opened up diplomatic relationship with them. In a few years the US helped kick Taiwan out of the UN and replaced them with China. The chinese killed thousands of their own people in Tiananmen Square and all the major powers after a couple of years of empty protests have been queing up for access to Chinese markets. They encourage tibetan protestors to protest and look on when the chinese hunt them down. It's not their skin,is it?
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