by Specop_007 » Sat 23 Jul 2005, 07:59:02
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Well, letting a Chinese petro company take a big chunk of American oil interests just isnt good policy. I FULLY support keeping the Chinese away from our interests as much as possible without using the Canned Sunshine. No one wins when the Canned Sunshine gets opened.
By that same token we also dont share our high level stealth technology with other countries (Barring Britain. But our stealth programs started because of them so.....)
Theres a REAL advantage to being a Level 1 trade partner with America. Ask Britain. Stealth tech alone would damn near be worth it. Let alone all the other stuff.
I absolutely agree with you that it is totally legitimate to protect your interests against interventions from outside. I think everybody would.
The problem with this is only that if this happens in another country, the US cries "foul" and sings the praisal of free trade (Yukos).
I and many others see this as a double standard. You can't change the rules in the middle of the game only because somebody else seems to be playing better at the current moment?
(Edit: I see this is exactly what Macsporan said. Damn, why are we Europeans always late and only in second place?)
Again....Pot meet kettle.
You know how often the UN tries to dictate US policy? You know how often the UN pulls these exact same scams?
This is nothing new. People just refuse to admit the wrongdoings of their own governments.
Additionally, with the Taiwan situation being what is people should be quite glad this move was made.
The more desperate the situation the more likely to fire up the Sunshine in a Can.
Example.
Chinas tries to interfere with Taiwan claiming its indepedence. US intervenes. If the Chinese had a way to shut down or severely hamper our oil reserves and supplies we couldnt bring to bear our military force.
Only option left? Nuclear intervention. You start throwing nukes and no one wins. And we've already said on many occasions we'd step in to assist Taiwan.
And as for crying foul, explain to me why we're allowing the Chinese to come in and act as advisors on new petro projects being built? We're not saying "Bad Chinese! Go away!" We're simply saying that this proposed action would be too much of a risk to our policies and shutting it down. But certainly we're not saying the Chinese and thier business arent welcome here.
Forgot to add, dont worry Europe is first. Remember, Australia was populated from your criminals, theives and rapists. So really, Europe trumps Australia everytime.
Except in good dive sites.
However, Australias Prime Minister is a very well spoken individual. Watched the broadcast with him and Mr. Blair.
Sometimes I forget what its like to have a figrehead that can speak clearly and effectively.
), but can anyone from the other side of the pond explain why Chevron can just walk into Congress, stash a few million dollars into the pockets of congressmen, telling them they should not allow CNOOC to buy Unocal, and walk out.
