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that you're not quite as paranoid as you thought you were.

"Harry Andreas" wrote in message
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In article , "Glenn Dowdy"
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"Harry Andreas" wrote in message
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In article ,

wrote:

Like it or not China is, today, a "player" on the world stage. They
have not not been expansionistec, externally, since about the 12th
Century.

Except for the Spratleys, which are roughly equidistant from
Philippines,
Vietnam, and Indonesia, but a LONG way from China.
Perhaps because it's called the South China Sea they think that
everything
in it belongs to them?

Aren't the Spratleys sitting on top of some nice oil reserves?

Yes. And certain nearby countries have a much more valid claim on it than
China. I think the Philippines probably need it more in many ways than
Big Red.

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Harry Andreas
Engineering raconteur

Sounds great. America could then solve its oil problems by re-colonising the
Philippines 60 years after they left, without having to invent any fantasies
about WMDs!

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When you discover that "they" really are out to get you, you may realise
that you're not quite as paranoid as you thought you were.