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On 2018-02-10, J  Clarke <jclarke...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10 Feb 2018 20:02:28 GMT, ma...@mail.com wrote:
>
>>On 2018-02-10, J  Clarke <jclarke...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Sat, 10 Feb 2018 11:19:53 -0600, Dave Garland
>>><dave.g...@wizinfo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>On 2/9/2018 1:35 PM, Quadibloc wrote:
>>>>> On Friday, February 9, 2018 at 5:59:48 AM UTC-7, ma...@mail.com wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> I think that the US has imposed heavy taxes on imports from China and S.Korea
>>>>> 
>>>>> They should impose heavy taxes on imports from the People's Republic of China, but not on our heroic allies of South Korea or Taiwan.
>>>>
>>>>Since you're from Canada, I'm not sure who "our" refers to. But we can 
>>>>all feel much safer knowing that such "heroic allies" are on "our" side.
>>>
>>> During the Korean War there was a certain amount of sentiment to the
>>> effect that the whole mess should be given back to Japan.  One wonders
>>> what Asia would look like today if that had happened.
>>
>>The south korean government after WWII was essencially the former
>>Japanese puppet government. So, yes, Asia would be the same as it is
>>now.
>
> You mean the Japanese _wouldn't_ have eaten North Korea for breakfast
> and then spent the rest of the century chewing up China?

Part of the Red Army drove through the Japanese twice, before WWII,
and in 1945. The Japanese army remained in Vietnam, under US orders,
for a while after the Surrender, to stop the commies from taking
power before the French returned. Fanatical, suicidal bravery is not
always a good tactic. 


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