tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post3411955907194498483..comments2024-03-28T15:19:12.892-07:00Comments on Irons in the Fire: And in the category of "Greatest Mass-Murderer in History", the winner IS:Firehandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04562365951182027709noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-12839552746633434912014-06-23T08:13:24.163-07:002014-06-23T08:13:24.163-07:00What Nixon did was cut a deal with someone that mu...What Nixon did was cut a deal with someone that murdered millions of his own people to have him oppose someone that was threatening to murder millions of ours.<br /><br />When Khrushchev said, "We will bury you!" he meant it and had the means to do so.<br /><br />Mao had no nuclear weapons with which to threaten us but shared a border with the Soviet Union. Using the Chicoms as a foil against Soviet aggression was realpolitik.<br /><br />On the other hand, <i>maintaining</i> that relationship with China after the fall of the Soviet Union is treasonous. Knitebanehttp://wordpress.knitebane.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-38644004961611668042014-06-22T14:57:23.404-07:002014-06-22T14:57:23.404-07:00There was a time, when Mao's genocide was comm...There was a time, when Mao's genocide was common knowledge. <br /><br />When the Nixon Administration made the push to "normalize" relations with China, all I could think was: <br />"What madness inspires our government to associate with the most ruthless, deadly government in world?"<br /><br />The answer was money, of course. I'm sure they made the offer, orchestrated the arrangements to make it appear it was in our best interest, and the rest is history.Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15969361446367636746noreply@blogger.com