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Old 12-05-2016, 10:06 AM   #552
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Originally Posted by BishopMVP View Post
I don't think he cares about the military-industrial complex, but agree on the first half. I do wish that people stopped pretending it was a one way street though - after about 30 years of continuous progress towards openness and Western ideals China has grown increasingly insular and centralized in the last 5 years under its current administration. As suspect as the Trump call was for other reasons, even the Taiwan kerfuffle illustrates that - I'm kind of past the point where we need to tip toe around on eggshells and pretend Taiwan isn't a real country deserving of full diplomatic recognition in 2016.

This. Modern nations don't need this kind of pussyfooting around any more. We need more of people (and gov't) simply calling it like it is.
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