Saddam Hussein’s Make-Believe

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Editorial, Saddam Hussein’s FBI files. Boston Globe, July 30, 2009
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2009/07/30/saddam_husseins_fbi_files/
("Talking to them [dictators] and seeking to grasp their ways of thinking should not be equated with appeasement. Knowledge of the other’s aims and fears ought to be regarded as an indispensable tool for self-defense")

My comment: I favor dialog with China. I also understand why DPP in Taiwan is pissed off and refuse to deal with China: the Chen administration was friendly to China but China held back, waiting for Mr. Ma Ying-jeou to assume presidency. China's dream came true, but then China realized that Pres. Ma alone could not accomplish many goals of China. China turned around, offering DPP an olve branch. This time DPP spurned it.


-----------Separately
(1) Andrew Jacobs, Hepatitis Group Is Harassed in China. New York Times, July 31, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/31/world/asia/31hepatitis.html?scp=1&sq=china%20hepatitis&st=cse
("Under Chinese law, carriers of hepatitis B cannot work as teachers, elevator operators, barbers or supermarket cashiers. In a recent survey of 113 colleges and universities, conducted by the Yi Ren Ping Center, 94 acknowledged that infected applicants, required to take blood tests, would be summarily rejected. M[There are] 120 million carriers in China")

(2) Jonanthan Manthorpe, Taiwan's president stonewalled by party he now chairs; Ma Ying-jeou's KMT party holds 75 per cent of parliamentary seats, but he has only been able to get support for half his legislation. Vancouver Sun, July 31, 2009.
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Taiwan+president+stonewalled+party+chairs/1848631/story.html

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