OT somewhat. China, our aircraft, delays.

On Sun, 8 Apr 2001, Mike Ford wrote: Fwooosh! China's definition of the boundary of their nation isn't the same as ours (in the US). IIRC, they claim 200 miles of ocean, and we claim 50 miles of ocean. I may be wrong on the numbers, but the idea is correct. Put the shoe on the other foot... If China was flying a plane with the sole purpose of intercept our communications traffic within OUR territorial waters, you can be certain a pair of US fighters would force them out, or crash them, or probably even shoot them down. Why do we, as Americans, feel we can do whatever we want, whenever we want? We didn't learn our lesson when the U2 was shot down over Russia? We didn't learn our lesson in the Bay of Pigs fiasco? I think the blame rests solely with the idiots in Washington, DC that sent the spy plane out to begin with... I agree with this. It's a huge market for our goods, and a huge pool of cheap labor to make goods for us. If you can get a room full of children to sew shoes for pennies a day, and sell the same shoes for $100 in the US, there are a lot of dollars available to buy the goverment you want... clint PS And how 'bout Bush selling his soul to the oil & gas interests? Does anyone other than me think the California energy crisis and the midwest gasoline prices were deliberately set up to encourage legislation to allow exploration in Alaska and other federally protected wilderness areas?