Anniversary

[poliphilo]

I've just looked at the date.

Oh my- 9/11!

Why wasn't I apprised of this? Why weren't the papers full of commemorative stuff?

I guess because we've moved on. We have Iraq to worry about. Katrina has changed the paradigm just as the attack on the twin towers once did.

This is a fast-moving century.

We're packing more history into the available time than we ever did before.

Comments

[philtration.livejournal.com]

I disagree. They have been setting their sights on Taiwan for some time now and I feel that it is just a matter of time before something hostile happens over that island. They have also stepped up their rhetoric with Japan regarding WW II 60 years after it ended. Why? Because they are now the military power and Japan has left their defense in the hands of the U.S. In spite of their growing economic power (thanks to the foolish help of the U.S.) they still cling to dreams of communism even after it has failed every where else.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

The Chinese regard Taiwan as a part of their territory. They feel about it rather the way you guys would feel if Rhode Island were in the hands of a hostile regime. As for Japan, well, I think they're alarmed that Japan is showing signs of turning all nationalistic again. They suffered very badly from Japanese imperialism last century. There's an element of justifiable paranoia in their attitude.

Hell, I don't hold a brief for the Chinese government. It's a foul dictatorship, but I don't suspect them of wanting to conquer the world.

[philtration.livejournal.com]

I don't know.That would be like the U.S. claiming that Cuba was part of their territory. We did take that Island from Spain in the war along with the Philippines you know. I know that they suffered at the hands of the Japanese but why wait 60 years to start all of this "we want an apology" crap?

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I think it's beacuse the Japs have been showing faint signs of wanting to get all right-wing and nationalistic again.