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China Contributes Grand Total of 1 policeman to international peacekeeping operation in Afghanistan

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tnitsuj

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from the BBC

Sounds like he has some experience in the drug trade...but if China really wants to step into the great power status, they had better seriously consider sending real contributions to international operations. They have the money, and they have the troops to send substantial forces but they as always try not to get too deeply involved.

China is greatly outmatched in peackeeping contributions by nations such as Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and of course India.
 
Originally posted by: HeroOfPellinor
Let's send Chris Tucker to keep an eye on him and let the hillarity ensue!
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I was going to say, reports are he is a Kung-Fu supercop who combines the agility of Jackie Chan with the quickness of Bruce Lee to form one lean, mean insurgent-killing machine.

In fact he leaves armed only with a pair of 800 year-old wooden chopsticks (reputed to be the legendary "Bamboo Dragons") and a paper crane.

 
Originally posted by: tnitsuj
from the BBC

Sounds like he has some experience in the drug trade...but if China really wants to step into the great power status, they had better seriously consider sending real contributions to international operations. They have the money, and they have the troops to send substantial forces but they as always try not to get too deeply involved.

China is greatly outmatched in peackeeping contributions by nations such as Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and of course India.
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Maybe it's better to have policemen who know just a little about Human Rights, and how to enforce them 🙂
 
Gosh, I can't imagine why a country like CHINA would be less than gung-ho about doing *anything* in the vein of a human rights mission. I mean, with those Mobile Death Vans cruising the countryside I was pretty much convinced that China was THE preeminent defender of human rights the world over!

:Roll:
:With Butter:

Jason
 
What are you complaining about? Didn't you see where Jet Li went to France and cleaned them all up? One chinese cop > *.
 
What percentage of the committed Chinese forces do you think they'll lose? I'll bet it's less than the percentage lost by the western powers. Maybe they just aren't into imperialism.

Oh, man, I just had to come back for a second byte. Tnit, you said "They have the money, and they have the troops to send substantial forces but they as always try not to get too deeply involved."

Too deeply involved in what -- our business? Really, if you answer only one thing in response to this, please tell us what it is that they don't want to become too deeply involved with. WMD?
 
Originally posted by: Whitling
What percentage of the committed Chinese forces do you think they'll lose? I'll bet it's less than the percentage lost by the western powers. Maybe they just aren't into imperialism.

Oh, man, I just had to come back for a second byte. Tnit, you said "They have the money, and they have the troops to send substantial forces but they as always try not to get too deeply involved."

Too deeply involved in what -- our business? Really, if you answer only one thing in response to this, please tell us what it is that they don't want to become too deeply involved with. WMD?
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World affairs in general that don't directly affect thier economic or security interests. Afghanistan in case you haven't noticed is very close to China, and its security and future stability and development affects the world as a whole. It is not just the business of the United States although the United States by virtue of its war on terrorism, military power, and leading role in Afghanistan is probably the single most important power in Afghanistan and the arbritrar of its future success.

China is very reluctant to act outside Asia. History has shown that they will take an active role in areas where thier interests are directly at stake, Korea, Vietnam, Thailand, India, etc. However, they are not in the habit of sending peacekeeping forces around the world for humanitarian reasons as all the other great powers and some of the lesser powers regularly do. This is a pre-requisite for a future superpower as China is rapidly becoming.
 
Now we have another coalition member. YAY. One who had representatives at GWBs ranch. One with a far worse humanitarian record than Saddam. Our friends.

Well, money talks, BS walks as they say.
 
"Afghanistan in case you haven't noticed is very close to China, and its security and future stability and development affects the world as a whole. "

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!

Well, at least you got the part about Afghanistan being close to china right.😀
 
Originally posted by: Whitling
"Afghanistan in case you haven't noticed is very close to China, and its security and future stability and development affects the world as a whole. "

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!

Well, at least you got the part about Afghanistan being close to china right.😀
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You saw what happened the last time Afghanistan was left to go to hell didn't you?
 
Originally posted by: tnitsuj
Originally posted by: Whitling
"Afghanistan in case you haven't noticed is very close to China, and its security and future stability and development affects the world as a whole. "

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!

Well, at least you got the part about Afghanistan being close to china right.😀
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You saw what happened the last time Afghanistan was left to go to hell didn't you?
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You can't see anything when your eyes are shut. 😉
 
Aw, Hero. You and your ilk have set the stage for another 40 years of fear and loathing, bouncing back between color codes. Instead of treating the 9/11 incident as a criminal act, the foaming at the mouth crowd has started a "war on terrorism." How do we tell when that war is over?
 
Originally posted by: Whitling
Aw, Hero. You and your ilk have set the stage for another 40 years of fear and loathing, bouncing back between color codes. Instead of treating the 9/11 incident as a criminal act, the foaming at the mouth crowd has started a "war on terrorism." How do we tell when that war is over?
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We won't really know, and I don't personally agree with turning it into the war against any bad people in the world who happen to annoy us.

That said, Al Qaeda is still very much a force with its leadership and networks intact if disrupted. Aghanistan could very well become a fortress of the enemy once again and for that reason alone it must be protected. We need to at least address that issue.

I also personally do not believe that we have done enough to address the root causes of "terrorism" and the anti American attitudes that allow terrorists to flourish, but that is another matter entirely.
 
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