> On Dec 12, 2019, at 10:03 AM, Philip Brownell <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> John,
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> You said, "I would not put it pass China to be willing to start a war. And I dont put it pass DJT to do it either.”
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> People can make reactive, fear-based statements like the one you made,
Really? That’s what I did?
> You would like to allow China to keep stealing our technology, cheating us on trade imbalances, etc? You would like to continue deferring to them when they extend themselves and continue their creeping into every geopolitical advantage?
I would? You seriously believe I would allow China to keep ———— and I would continue deferring ——————? What exactly do you think I am?
> The world is not a kindergarten playground.
What the hell are you doing? Are you lecturing me about the reality of the world? And your opening is to inform me that it is not a playground. ?
> No teacher is going to come along to tell them to quit bullying the other children.
Actually, that’s what Melania is supposed to be doing.
> A country has to stand up for itself.
Damn right !
> For decades we thought that opening up China in trade with the rest of the world would “work.” Well, it’s worked to their advantage and that approach had to stop.
Opening up trade is supposed to be advantages to all . Has that not happened? A lot of commerce goes under if we stop trade with China.
> Diplomacy? That is what’s taking place right now.
That’s what diplomacy looks like ? BTW . Surely it has not escaped you that there is an enormous amount strength behind whatever the USA does. What is lacking is skillful, informed and professional diplomacy. The mentality displayed by Pompeo and Trump is shallow, ignorant, and dangerous.
Oh and leave Obama out of this. It adds nothing to your argument and causes suspicion of ugly motivations. And besides, have you not noticed that the dude could dribble between his legs, pop an NBA three and you just know he could talk trash. Trash like a Chicago urban organizer not like a pimply play ground bully. Also. My god, the cat can sing !
> You must be reading the New York Times and watching CNN.
Now THAT is correct. What do your read and watch.
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> Oh. Okay. God, the infinite, omniscient, omnipotent, ineffable being who created the universe, the vast quantum universe, is not invited and prohibited? Good luck with that.
Yeah. Let the Great Silver Surfer (The Ineffable One) ride gravity waves in other parts of the universe. They (the word of the year) is not paying any attention to this tiny solar system in a non descript galaxy.
> The FBI was either out of control,
That was not Horowitz’s conclusion.
> with nobody watching the clowns,
Really, the clowns?
> stretching the ethical and legal limits on purpose in order to accomplish political objectives. Either one is downright horrible.
We can agree on that. We dont agree on who is commiting it.
This was a headline to a small news item in the Daily Beast: " An attorney with a few friends goes into a bar and has not been seen since”
Now I thought that was hilarious. The best yet in a genre of , "a blank and a blank and a blank walk into bar and ———“
So I told it to my wife who stares at me blankly. “I dont get it”, she says. I stare at her in disbelief.
JW. Atheist and avid reader of WaPO, NYT, and the Economist. And who actually believes in some Christian values.
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