Comments on: “U.S. threat theory” and how we talk about threats

By: roman

roman — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:24:01 +0000

Advances in computer technology and the Internet have changed the way America works, learns, and communicates. The Internet has become an integral part of America’s economic, political, and social life.

By: Nicodemus

Nicodemus — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 22:02:23 +0000

I’m sorry for helping bully you little brother. What would make things right?

By: Nicodemus

Nicodemus — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 21:59:07 +0000

I think there’s still plenty of chance for peace. This economic downturn might send a lot of Americans to Asia, looking for jobs as English teachers. Several of my friends have done it.

Why can’t East and West be friends? Don’t forget who’s friends with a certain country from which they rebelled with hate mail and a war.

By: MAC

MAC — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:01:52 +0000

You should ask the Japanese how Chinese are dealing with then now for their past transgressions.

By: Uncle Sam

Uncle Sam — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:45:17 +0000

This list is a joke. Even verbal notices are included on this list. If the U.S. so much as sneezes then he’d call it an invasion. By this criterion any nation could be painted as an aggresor. This is just lazy scholarship at best.

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By: kimboslice

kimboslice — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 20:50:09 +0000

At least the USA took care of China’s “Japan problem” in a decisive way. One could argue that China owes much of its freedom from “foreign imperialists” to Americans. Sure, this happened long ago, 1945. I wonder if Chinese are aware of the unspeakable horrors committed upon them by the Japanese military? Perhaps they do.

By: madbeef

madbeef — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 03:50:45 +0000

我支持民主,对话的方式解决西藏问题.中国所谓的民族政策有相当大的问题.

但分裂中国是不可容忍的.

By: Hans

Hans — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:06:15 +0000

I’m sorry to disappoint you, but it’s actually you who got it wrong with the China’s history. Taiwan might have been part of Qing dynasty territory or even the one that belonged to the pre-WW2 Republic of China, but never been a part of People’s Republic of China. And because PRC is the government that represents China (according to UN and most other countries’ diplomatic policy), it’s actually true to say “Taiwan is not part of China”.

By: SteveLaudig

SteveLaudig — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 12:20:01 +0000

http://academic.evergreen.edu/g/grossmaz/interventions.html. For a substantial, yet still partial, list of U.S. invastions, interventions in the affairs of other countries.

By: SteveLaudig

SteveLaudig — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 12:16:01 +0000

Ask Native Americans about the U.S. government’s honoring of treaties; Ask how many times the U.S.G. has invaded countries not adjacent to the U.S.; Ask how many democratic regimes the U.S. toppled. Maybe, maybe before the U.S. war to take Spain’s colonies, the U.S. could be admired [except for its treatment of its own nationals such as Native Americans and those of African descent] but after its war of aggression on Spain [with the sole exception of Japan's attack on the U.S. occupied Hawaiian Islands] the U.S. has been the illegal aggressor. And who’s to say that if the Korean peninsula had been unified the perverse northern regimes would never have existed and would now be more like China than Hitlerian Germany. The U.S. intervention in Cambodia led directly to the Khmer Rouge horrors and U.S. war on Vietnam distorted its development process. Haiti is the most invaded by the US who occupied it for 20 years and propped up the Duvaliers. and on and on and on.

By: Uncle Sam

Uncle Sam — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 02:07:59 +0000

No, “peace lover,” your people don’t have what it takes to go to war with America, especially in America. It’s one thing to fight in Korea but quite another thing to take on the US in America. If your children or grandchildren make this mistake then my children will send them back to China in body bags. We welcome Chinese immigrants, students and tourists to come to America. However, PLA soldiers will not last very long on American soil. Besides, they couldn’t get there anyway.

By: Adrealist

Adrealist — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 01:54:32 +0000

It’s funny you’d mention that. I’ve lived in Japan for nearly a year and have a strong love for that country. While I also have many Chinese penpals and nearly each one I speak to hate the Japanese with a cold passion. In previous conversatiosn I’d mention how I felt it was horrible how we dropped the atomic weapons on civilizations – 2 no less! While the Chinese friends protest, “They deserved it! We would all be dead had the US not done that. They should have dropped more and burned the whole country the ground.”

I’m surprised Japan doesn’t have a tourist problem coming from China like the US has coming from Iraq.

By: Adrealist

Adrealist — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 01:48:20 +0000

Your words are full of venom and hatred. Like a Christian who claims to be humble while gleefully exclaiming about how all non-believers will be burning in hell one day by the all compassionate God.

Even if the US was as terrible as you claim it is, and China somehow as saintly as you believe (I guess the peaceful protesters getting ran over by tanks doesn’t mean much in your book) there is still the enormous assumption that the future does not hold a one world government made up of all 1st world countries, or that rampant space exploration, disassemble of nuclear missiles, or an array of other possibilities may occur.
Behind your words of injustices and ethically accountability is the desire to see the blood of an entire country. If only the world was as blank and white as that, Good Vs Evil. But instead that is merely the sign of those who are delusional.

By: Al Jensen

Al Jensen — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 04:25:58 +0000

“China’s militaristic attitude is perpetuated by nationalistic 20-somethings that don’t know anything about geopolitics and get all their information from internet stereotypes. These people can safely be ignored like the insecure imbeciles they are.

America’s militaristic attitude however, is present and very real, and actually endorsed by the government.”

Ouch. Good point!

By: Al Jensen

Al Jensen — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 04:23:02 +0000

“China have not been interfering or criticising the Europeans or US over Iraq, Afghans or other disputes that the west are involved.”

That’s simply not true. The Chinese media is constantly criticizing foreign countries. It’s just that very few non-Chinese can read Chinese to the level of “getting” a newspaper article, whereas China is full of English students who go on to CNN or the BBC to practice their English.

In any case, in some sense China is trying to interfere with other sovereign nations – by telling them what is acceptable to be published or broadcast within the borders of their own countries.

By: Adrealist

Adrealist — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:52:47 +0000

The West does have a lot to answer for in the invasion of Iraq. I’m agitated by how the lose of 2,000 American lives was treated as cataclysmic in nature when events far worse than this has been occurring all around the world for decades. As was stated in the constitution – rebellion against the Government is a duty, not a right – when it becomes necessary. Our political system is falling apart and it needs to be corrected here soon. However, if 70% of our shouts is about freedom, positive environmental change, and world peace while our actions show only 30% to be non-hypocritical and productive, while China would be at the 30% of claiming to be interested in those things and the population is being treated like KFC chickens… What I mean is despite disappoints I have in the US government, a China ran Government sounds far worse. They have not started as many wars in the past but now they show every sign of gearing up in an aggressive control of the people, military build up, and using a minority as a scape goat (Tibet). Almost exactly like Hitler in WW2. When a communist/dictator style Government gains power the one thing it could never do is just ‘leave the rest of the world’ alone.
Perhaps the other countries involved in NATO should have rallied against America for the lies of nuclear weapons. Demanded that the war end immediately instead of sending just enough troops to pretend that they agreed.
We can’t just act like we all live on islands. This is one planet. Each and every country must keep the others accountable for their actions. Cut down on the corruption of all nations.

By: Rex Remes

Rex Remes — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:04:59 +0000

What do you actually know about western ideology or theology?

Is the New World Order that you are thinking of the one where things are done the Chinese way? A scary thought.

By: Rex Remes

Rex Remes — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:02:52 +0000

Touchy, touchy!! hehe

Seems you are quite the emotional one. Take a deep breath and try to relax.

Maybe you should go to the gym and try to work out some of that anger you seem to have inside you.

By: Rex Remes

Rex Remes — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:01:38 +0000

What?

Does what you wrote make any sense at all?

Did you write that English yourself or did your little brother just randomly type some words?