Put it this way.

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Put it this way.

Lee — 10/1/2007 11:15:30 AM (archived)

You want China to put pressure on them to stop the crackdown. Why would China do that when they themselves use the same tactics on their own people? That would've been like asking the Soviets to tell the East Germans to stop shooting people trying to cross from East to West Berlin.

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Does it make sense to ask Communisit China to make Burma's brutal military government behave? - Jacob Samorodin - 9/29/2007 5:10:25 PM
- What's the downside? (n/t) - alcaray - 9/30/2007 10:49:10 PM
  - China giving them a pat on the back. (n/t) - Lee - 10/1/2007 12:23:16 AM
    - Huh? Asking China to lean on them will cause China to praise them? - alcaray - 10/1/2007 1:45:13 AM
      - Tiananmen Square - Lee - 10/1/2007 3:08:15 AM
        
        Do you understand the single sentence in Jake's subject? - alcaray - 10/1/2007 4:26:18 AM
        
        Put it this way. - Lee - 10/1/2007 11:15:30 AM
        
        Put it the way it was: what's the downside to asking? (n/t) - alcaray - 10/1/2007 9:32:59 PM
        
        What's the point? - Lee - 10/2/2007 12:18:19 AM
        
        You are one of those wussies who are afraid to ask for a promotion, aren't you/ (n/t) - alcaray - 10/2/2007 2:40:52 AM
        
        And you're one of the idiots who appoints Libya to the UN Human Rights Commission. - Lee - 10/2/2007 9:29:52 PM
        
        There's a clear downside. And the two cases are not comparable. - alcaray - 10/3/2007 6:05:43 AM
- Think: OLYMPIC GAMES, think: DARFOUR - Raoul - 9/30/2007 7:34:49 AM
- As much sense as asking Syria and Iran to help Iraqi become a democracy (n/t) - TB - 9/29/2007 6:27:11 PM
  - What Syria and Iran want is stability in Iraq - Raoul - 9/30/2007 7:38:25 AM
    - No, what they want is a piece of the pie. - Lee - 10/1/2007 12:27:23 AM
    - People keep saying that like it's a fact. - TB - 9/30/2007 4:11:30 PM
      - It's that way because... - Raoul - 9/30/2007 5:00:35 PM
        
        Proof - TB - 9/30/2007 7:28:46 PM
        
        Blaming governments for terrorist acts is unproductive - Raoul - 9/30/2007 8:14:32 PM
  - Any country which supports Musharraf is capable of anything. - Bowser - 9/30/2007 12:18:48 AM
    - And your alternative? - TB - 9/30/2007 12:44:12 AM
      - Easy. - Bowser - 9/30/2007 2:01:47 AM
        
        You've missed one small detail. - TB - 9/30/2007 2:25:08 AM
        
        You missed a big detail. - Bowser - 9/30/2007 2:45:01 AM
        
        The demolition requirement is too much work. - TB - 9/30/2007 3:38:28 AM
        
        Bowser doesn't care. - Lee - 9/30/2007 3:47:01 AM
        
        Oh Lee....you could not be further from the truth. - Jody - 10/2/2007 7:17:16 PM
        
        I base truth on reality. - Lee - 10/2/2007 9:32:29 PM
        
        You might want to rephrase that. - TB - 9/30/2007 5:30:18 AM

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