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[ReptilianPeon]

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Are you sure about that? Pretty sure many more people died as a result of the transatlantic slave trade. Vietnam War was a disaster too. What treat has Vietnam ever posed to the United States?

Well, hey, are you digging up centuries of Chinese misdeeds? No?  Why not? Vietnam posed no threat to China in 1979, yet the Chinese invaded them -- a fact you conveniently don't mention.

I somehow think that Tibetans would disagree with your Pollyanna-ish view of Beijing, too.

This post has the reek of bias on your part. If you're going to discuss this issue, discuss it with integrity.

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China invaded Vietnam because Vietnam invaded their friend Cambodia first. China tried to mediate peace talks - but they failed. So, in the end, they invaded Vietnam (which had already invaded Cambodia which they saw as being too pro-China; this being the time of the beginning of the market reforms in China). Pol Pot was an opportunist and noob, so he gets no sympathy from me. But if your friend was being bullied, wouldn't you want to protect them? Are you seriously suggesting you wouldn't protect a friend who was being beaten up?

Neither the United States or China has ever really adhered to the Geneva Convention. And if we're to bring up centuries worth of misdeeds then we can talk about the American Indians, the Philippines and Banana Wars, etc. What I'm saying is the United States has killed more people than China - especially if we limit ourselves to the post Cold War period.

There is a long list of countries that have done nothing to deserve being interfered with by the United States - far longer than any list of Chinese interference. Call me a Chinese apologist if you want - I will proudly endorse that title - but the United States is a country of never ending war. Obama has been ordering so many bombs to be dropped the military has been running out of bombs in recent months. You have to admit the Oval Office think lives of the people of the third world are worth less than those of Americans.