CHINA: THE NEW SOVIET UNION

Just a quick post to warn everyone to start being suspicious of any nearby Chinese people. You should all start practicing so when they officially become our enemies you can already be used to hating them.

Check out this excerpt from an article at the Financial Times website and you'll be astounded as to what those slanty-eyed bastards are up to:

Delivering the agency's annual assessment of worldwide threats on Wednesday, Porter Goss, a former Republican congressman who was named in September to head the CIA, dropped any mention of the co-operative elements of the US-China relationship that characterised recent CIA statements. Instead, he said China was making determined military and diplomatic efforts to “counter what it sees as US efforts to contain or encircle China”.

Mr Goss's statements on China were a small part of testimony that highlighted the threat Islamic terrorism poses to the US and emphasised concerns over Iran and North Korea. He has also said that he wants to refocus the agency on its traditional mission of assessing threats and avoid statements that could be interpreted as setting US policy.

But the statement on China indicated the CIA is paying growing attention to what it considers potential military threats amid China's growing economic ties with its neighbours and the US. Mr Goss referred to US concerns over the increase in Chinese ballistic missiles deployed across the Taiwan Strait and the improvements in China's nuclear and conventional capabilities.

All joking aside, these are the warning signs that the Chinese will be the new Soviet Union. Obviously, Al Qaeda is no longer serving its purpose as the new Soviet Union, so the USGov is shifting their faux-fear to China. Unlike Al Qaeda, China is an actual country that has an actual military that could potentially put up a fight unlike Iraq.

So, in a sense, they very well could be a legitimate threat. Then again, if you look at their leanings toward capitalism, you have to admit that they are coming over to our way of thinking--slowly, but surely. It seems to me that Hong Kong has infected them. As we all know, there is no cure for capitalism.

Anyway, so watch out for those Chinese people!! There's a reason they got them slanty eyes!! It's cuz they're shifty!! WATCH OUT!!

You just know that George W is thinking exactly that.From FT.com:

CIA issues warning on China’s military efforts

By Edward Alden in Washington
Published: February 16 2005 19:32 | Last updated: February 16 2005 19:32

The director of the US Central Intelligence Agency has warned that China's military modernisation is tilting the balance of power in the Taiwan Strait and increasing the threat to US forces in the region.

Delivering the agency's annual assessment of worldwide threats on Wednesday, Porter Goss, a former Republican congressman who was named in September to head the CIA, dropped any mention of the co-operative elements of the US-China relationship that characterised recent CIA statements. Instead, he said China was making determined military and diplomatic efforts to “counter what it sees as US efforts to contain or encircle China”.

Mr Goss's statements on China were a small part of testimony that highlighted the threat Islamic terrorism poses to the US and emphasised concerns over Iran and North Korea. He has also said that he wants to refocus the agency on its traditional mission of assessing threats and avoid statements that could be interpreted as setting US policy.

But the statement on China indicated the CIA is paying growing attention to what it considers potential military threats amid China's growing economic ties with its neighbours and the US. Mr Goss referred to US concerns over the increase in Chinese ballistic missiles deployed across the Taiwan Strait and the improvements in China's nuclear and conventional capabilities.

The change in tone was notable given US concerns over Europe's plan to end its embargo on arms sales to China. Experts on China said that, while warnings about China's military capabilities were not new, the CIA had in the past underscored the co-operation between the US and China.

In testimony last year, George Tenet, former CIA head, praised China for co-operation in the war on terrorism and for its participation in the nuclear talks with North Korea. In 2003, Mr Tenet described US-Taiwan relations as relatively placid and said China was trying to assert its influence through “economic growth and Chinese integration into the global economy”. James Lilley, a former US ambassador to China, said that, while it was appropriate for the CIA to focus on longer-term threats, the growing economic ties between China and Taiwan were making conflict less likely.

James Steinberg, deputy national security adviser in the Clinton administration, said: “It is a little surprising that it didn't say anything about the enormous emphasis China places on a stable international environment and constructive relations with the US.”

© Copyright The Financial Times Ltd 2005