tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post6156824544291905608..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: Right-Wing CraziesAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-74414180226505284222012-05-31T20:27:12.837-04:002012-05-31T20:27:12.837-04:00Sorry. It was a February post by DeLong at his si...Sorry. It was a February post by DeLong <i>at his site</i> that I linked to above.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-69095713030373206032012-05-28T18:10:19.612-04:002012-05-28T18:10:19.612-04:00I looked thru Feb's postings last to first and...I looked thru Feb's postings last to first and first to last and I Zaw Nossink! about China or Brad DeLong, so I'm still lost at sea.Sam L.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-21108571042853263442012-05-26T11:31:02.276-04:002012-05-26T11:31:02.276-04:00Sam, the link to Brad DeLong in the original post ...Sam, the link to Brad DeLong in the original post was from February of this year.<br /><br />Gringo, I can see how some may have said that for short-term advantage. But neither China's nor Mexico's poverty did us any good in the long run, competition or not, and caused enormous suffering for them.<br /><br />Chaing was indeed a corrupt and unpleasant ally, certainly no godsend to his people. The right-wing crazies supported him rather reflexively, because he was anti-communist. They didn't appreciate the very sensible sentiments of those who were weary of it all and only wanted peace. Yet, as was the point of my post, they were right anyway.<br /><br />80 million of his own people. Staggering.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-54500392722271801892012-05-26T06:17:56.948-04:002012-05-26T06:17:56.948-04:00I do not recall who said it, but some pundit said ...I do not recall who said it, but some pundit said back in the 1960s that the continuance of Mao in power and the PRI in power in Mexico were of importance to the US.<br /><br />In the case of Mao, his continuing in power was importance to the US because his policies crippled China's economy and prevented it from becoming an economic rival of the US.Gringonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-9986238240722786512012-05-26T00:31:41.069-04:002012-05-26T00:31:41.069-04:00So far as I can tell, Chiang was corrupt. Mao, ho...So far as I can tell, Chiang was corrupt. Mao, however, was a ruthless stone-cold killer.<br /><br />By the end of '45, as I understand it, those who were adults then were tired of war, glad the big show was over, and didn't want little shows or shows that could get bigger than Norma Desmond.<br /><br />Brad had comments in Feb? And you didn't link? Fie upon thee! Fie, I say.Sam L.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-57001461745303554742012-05-25T17:51:51.646-04:002012-05-25T17:51:51.646-04:00Note: I'm rather a smaller fish than Brad DeL...Note: I'm rather a smaller fish than Brad DeLong would usually engage, so I am not surprised he did not continue. I should mention that I should not criticise his tone, as I rather started that.<br /><br />I have further things I might say on that specific bit of the post and the exchange, but he might as well. I consider my point strong and defensible, but don't claim to have carried the day merely because he did not respond.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-38374682488685663242012-05-24T23:12:39.703-04:002012-05-24T23:12:39.703-04:00That's a fair comment, brad, but I'm not p...That's a fair comment, brad, but I'm not prepared to abandon the position just yet. Chaing's position became untenable, but was not immediately so. Your February comments do not reflect that in the slightest.<br /><br />That the 7th Fleet became something to protect Chaing rather than contain him I don't contest, and my post includes this. That it started that way I do. So let's have your description of what was happening those first years, rather than a mere assertion of trump card, sans defense.<br /><br />That card would certainly be a wealth of information. It could also be quite easily influenced by how events turned out, and memory accommodated to it.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-91386574091445185552012-05-24T22:45:49.979-04:002012-05-24T22:45:49.979-04:00Oh no you dint! Imagine!Oh no you dint! Imagine!Donna B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16771075314473811594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-80156853217749411832012-05-24T22:08:05.422-04:002012-05-24T22:08:05.422-04:00I learned my history of China from my grandfather ...I learned my history of China from my grandfather Earl, who was one of the CIA agents helping to prop up Chang after World War II...<br /><br />Tell me, please, how did my grandfather get the history wrong?<br /><br />Do tell...bradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04548019979157668776noreply@blogger.com