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China Deploys Missiles on Disputed Island in South China Sea

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Re: China Deploys Missiles on Disputed Island in South China Sea

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Chinese thug of a government needs to be put out of its misery.

Maybe by the US thug of a government?

Doubtful. Our little wars cost us too much. China already has the second most powerful economy in the world, and they've greatly increased military spending.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/05/asia/china-military-spending/

Re: China Deploys Missiles on Disputed Island in South China Sea

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... Let me guess, you are not Chinese.

I am not american either.

The internet tells me you're Canadian. That is close enough to have a bias.

Look at the world from a different point of view, and you would understand that corruption is everywhere, not just in China. Some people are just better at hiding it.

Re: China Deploys Missiles on Disputed Island in South China Sea

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I'm sorry, but isn't this just bigotry? Why is China a thug of a government?

non-elected dictatorship.

vs. heavily lobbied Congress that makes the real decisions. I build you a factory in your home town, you say yes to these heavy arms sales.

My point is that the line between democracy and autocracy is quite thin in reality.

Re: China Deploys Missiles on Disputed Island in South China Sea

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Chinese thug of a government needs to be put out of its misery.

How more retarded can a comment be? - From the article, how could you have intelligently drawn the conclusion that "Chinese thug of government"? Off the thin air? The territory, is at most, as described by the western media, "disputed", while in my opinion, it's simply part of China. Comparing this to the shameless invasion of Iraq, by this logic, U.S. is way much much more a "thug" of a government. (No, I'm just illustrating the logic of the comment, not endorsing this conclusion). - And if a government is a "thug", then it's nothing of "misery" sort, let alone "to be put out of". - And, if not that obvious already, this has nothing to do with democracy. So talking about that simply makes no sense.

Re: China Deploys Missiles on Disputed Island in South China Sea

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post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

non-elected dictatorship.

vs. heavily lobbied Congress that makes the real decisions. I build you a factory in your home town, you say yes to these heavy arms sales. My point is that the line between democracy and autocracy is quite thin in reality.

That's on you then, elect some better ones. That thin line is the demos.

Re: China Deploys Missiles on Disputed Island in South China Sea

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I am not american either.

The internet tells me you're Canadian. That is close enough to have a bias. Look at the world from a different point of view, and you would understand that corruption is everywhere, not just in China. Some people are just better at hiding it.

Well, saying you'd prefer one government over another isn't the same as the preferred government doesn't have flaws.

Re: China Deploys Missiles on Disputed Island in South China Sea

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

vs. heavily lobbied Congress that makes the real decisions. I build you a factory in your home town, you say yes to these heavy arms sales. My point is that the line between democracy and autocracy is quite thin in reality.

That's on you then, elect some better ones. That thin line is the demos.

Yep, that's the beauty of it. The choice is yours, so choose wisely. If you're not satisfied, wait until the next election and choose someone else.

I'm from Tunisia, so I can appreciate how it feels to successfully transition from an autocracy to a democracy.

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