Joint Chiefs Chairman Optimistic About Relations With China
By Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service
TOKYO, March 21, 2007 — On the eve of his first trip to China, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said today he is optimistic about relations with the world’s largest communist nation.
Marine Gen. Peter Pace said trade can be a way for the United States and all countries of the region to become more closely tied and to better understand one another. Pace spoke during a news conference here.
In a 39-year career, the chairman has served around the periphery of China: Vietnam, Thailand, Korea and Japan. When he started his career in 1967, the United States didn’t have diplomatic relations with what was then known as “Red China.” Today, the People’s Republic of China is working with the United States in the Six-Party Talks on the North Korean nuclear program, China’s economy is growing at 8 percent a year, and the country is the United States’ largest overseas trading partner.
The trade situation is important even from a military perspective, Pace said. “The more economic ties we have with each other, the more dependent you become on each other, the more you understand each other, the less the likelihood of miscalculations or misunderstandings,” he said.
Pace said part of his responsibility as the top-ranking military officer in the United States is to understand the military capacities of nations around the world and to ensure that the United States military has the capacity to adjust and prevail over any adversary. It doesn’t matter what country that is, he said, but he stressed the distinction between “capacity” and “threat.”
“From a purely military standpoint,” he explained, “a threat is defined as a capacity coupled with intent. There are many countries around the world that have the capacity to do harm, but they don’t have the intent to do harm.”
someone must have been impersonating you. Or you drink everyday and can\’t remember your posts. I wouldn\’t have responded to you if you hadn\’t posted. That would be rude, like your comment.
You obviously posted something prior to your first alleged comment (or again, someone else posted using YOUR name). You are obviously the one on meds (and you shouldn\’t take meds and drink).
do you have a sense of humor? Or are you the one who chases the kids off your lawn? Do you really think I drink at 8am in the morning? C/mon, I run an insurance agency. The other thing, I have never run away from my comments and will always take credit or guff from all of you with them. So if I said I did not post prior, then I did not. I sure would like to know what that post said, but you said it got pulled, so it must have been pretty bad. I have never had a post pulled and I have spoken freely my opinions on this forum before. If anyone has a copy of that post, I would like to see it.
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They have a terrible record on human rights. They don\’t care a fig about their own workers; why should they care about their customers.
Do you know they harvest and sell the organs of political prisoners they execute, such as members of a religious movement, the Falun Gong. http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0803/p16s01-lire.html
And don\’t even let me get started on the heartbreaking genocide happening in Darfur that China has turned a blind eye to.
Why do we deal with this barbarous government!
Because of Liberals…
Joint Chiefs Chairman Optimistic About Relations With China
By Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service
TOKYO, March 21, 2007 — On the eve of his first trip to China, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said today he is optimistic about relations with the world’s largest communist nation.
Marine Gen. Peter Pace said trade can be a way for the United States and all countries of the region to become more closely tied and to better understand one another. Pace spoke during a news conference here.
In a 39-year career, the chairman has served around the periphery of China: Vietnam, Thailand, Korea and Japan. When he started his career in 1967, the United States didn’t have diplomatic relations with what was then known as “Red China.” Today, the People’s Republic of China is working with the United States in the Six-Party Talks on the North Korean nuclear program, China’s economy is growing at 8 percent a year, and the country is the United States’ largest overseas trading partner.
The trade situation is important even from a military perspective, Pace said. “The more economic ties we have with each other, the more dependent you become on each other, the more you understand each other, the less the likelihood of miscalculations or misunderstandings,” he said.
Pace said part of his responsibility as the top-ranking military officer in the United States is to understand the military capacities of nations around the world and to ensure that the United States military has the capacity to adjust and prevail over any adversary. It doesn’t matter what country that is, he said, but he stressed the distinction between “capacity” and “threat.”
“From a purely military standpoint,” he explained, “a threat is defined as a capacity coupled with intent. There are many countries around the world that have the capacity to do harm, but they don’t have the intent to do harm.”
How about if Compman checks in. So Jewel, what flew up your butt and bit you to take a swipe at me? Did you run out of Halcyon?
Bulldogg,
Are you saying that if it weren\’t for liberals, we wouldn\’t be trading with China? I\’m curious as to how you came to that.
WTF are you talking about? I was responding to your RUDE comment which has since been removed. How about if you stop harassing people?
That would be great.
WTF are you talking about. My first post by ME was yesterday and 1:36pm. Get back on your meds girl!
oops. I can\’t even spell my own name today. Must be the two margarita breakfast in honor of Cinco de Mayo
someone must have been impersonating you. Or you drink everyday and can\’t remember your posts. I wouldn\’t have responded to you if you hadn\’t posted. That would be rude, like your comment.
You obviously posted something prior to your first alleged comment (or again, someone else posted using YOUR name). You are obviously the one on meds (and you shouldn\’t take meds and drink).
Jewel,
do you have a sense of humor? Or are you the one who chases the kids off your lawn? Do you really think I drink at 8am in the morning? C/mon, I run an insurance agency. The other thing, I have never run away from my comments and will always take credit or guff from all of you with them. So if I said I did not post prior, then I did not. I sure would like to know what that post said, but you said it got pulled, so it must have been pretty bad. I have never had a post pulled and I have spoken freely my opinions on this forum before. If anyone has a copy of that post, I would like to see it.