Powell waited to long for the expression of "regret". Just showed you that the administration was coming from a place of inexperience. England's pre WWII posture toward Germany doesn't figure at all, as clearly the motivation of Hitler was deceit and conquest from the start. Can you say that is true of China, and if so what are we all doing in Harcourt stock?
We were not talking about capitulating here, we were talking about some strategy of finding something that you could say you were sorry for. Hansro, I think the jury is out on the scope of the setback in china relations. It is not too late to get it together. I would feel better, however, if Bush et al had a little more humility and maybe sought some advice outside their little circle of what looks more and more like rigid beliefs.
