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Nuclear Past, Present And Future

From the desk of George Handlery on Thu, 2010-11-18 16:29

How the US saved China from nuclear war. The UN, North Korea, Iran and the nukes. The General’s stars. The Tea Party’s critical test is still ahead. Be a woman, support Pelosi who is also one.

1. According to Russia’s Izvestiya, which is a “Putin-paper”, the Chinese Party’s central organ has published what is classed as “sensational” material. The reported event took place a bit after the “mini war” on the Ussuri, that is along Chinese - Soviet border. Moscow was provoked, but also frightened by the resolution exhibited by her at the time still weaker rival. The enemy in the West, albeit militarily an equal but in matters of conviction under-supplied, has never summoned anything reminiscent of the stiff resistance shown by the Chinese. Aiming to exploit the window of opportunity created by the Mao-state’s weakness, the USSR prepared to put an end to “Chinese revisionism”. This proved more difficult than the application of “Panzer Communism” in the case of recalcitrant Eastern Germany, Czechoslovakia or even Hungary.

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