Re: IBM or CIA's Read book: Break China like by supporting Hitler in World War II

I wish IBM would have not mixed politics with technology. Perhaps it is the best way to make the USA,the great.

Most political contracts are taken by IBM around the world. Oracle or SQL Server is better than DB2 but corrupt politicans have no time to think about it. The big country China will be divided by IBM.

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tariq.1.rahim_at_spamgourmet.com wrote:
> SUPPORT MONGOLIA
>
> NORTHEAST ASIA-DIPLOMACY:
> Opinion: Of Khans and Contributions (IB)
>
> This week marks the visit of President Bagabandi of Mongolia to
> Washington. Though distant and with a population of only 2.5 million,
> this tiny democracy spanning a vast geographic expanse -- with
memories
> of humankind's largest empire 800 years ago -- deserves new attention
> for contributions on several fronts.
>
> First, Mongolia is a model for democracy for both Central Asia,
> challenged by a lack of such traditions (c-Afghanistan), and East
Asia.
> As Washington concerns itself with a bellicose North Korea
potentially
> armed with nuclear weapons, North Korea's neighbor a mere 800 miles
> west provides evidence that communist systems can reform, can
> liberalize, can democratize -- and can declare themselves nuclear
> weapons free zones. Second, Mongolia is a productive and increasingly
> active member of the regional and international community, an early
> supporter of the Global War on Terror. Mongolia has prepared its
third
> rotation of forces to Iraq, and a Mongolian guard prevented a suicide
> bomb attack on coalition troops earlier this year. As Al Jazeera
today
> reports a potential Philippine troop pullout, Washington needs to
> reinforce those who have been silent stalwarts in the coalition. As
> Washington weighs Afghanistan, Mongolia's window onto Islamic Asia,
> integration of its Muslim minority in the west, and linkage through
the
> Hazara, imperial descendents, shows President Karzai and the West
that
> democracy can succeed. Third, Mongolia has offered itself as a
> potential mediator: to North and South Korea, both of to which it
> uniquely maintains relations and to the broader international
community
> in hosting meetings on democratization and human security.
>
> Mighty China to the South last week seized on a visit by Mongolia's
> President, applauding Mongolia's nuclear free status -- mindful of it
> as exemplar to North Korea -- and concluding friendship agreements on
> parliamentary exchange and, most importantly, economic cooperation.
> Observers in Ulaanbaatar speak of Mongolia's rich resources and its
> giant neighbor in the context of a Canada-U.S. north-south
> relationship. Mongolia's benign face in a Northeast Asia where modern
> historical animosities have slowed multilateral development speak to
> Canada as well by way of mediation and quiet, constructive
> contributions on the international front. Bagabandi has suggested
> Ulaanbataar as a Geneva of North Asia.
>
> Challenges abound, however, as the economic jaugernaut of China
proves
> a double-edge sword. And despite a historic turnout in recent
> parliamentary elections of some eighty percent -- impressive by any
> democracy's standards -- Mongolia sees itself facing a constitutional
> crisis wherein the ruling former communists are challenging
remarkable
> gains for the democratic opposition, which eclipsed the ruling
> party's stranglehold on parliament with a now even split. Washington
> needs to come to the fore on both counts, first by aiding in
Mongolian
> trade and economic liberalization to mitigate negative impacts of
> Chinese economic control, while reinforcing Beijing's nod to Mongolia
> on modeling and mediation efforts and Asia Pacific Economic
Cooperation
> (APEC) membership. Secondly, and most critically during this fragile
> democratic consolidation, the U.S. needs to enhance its aid and other
> support to guarantee that Mongolian democracy continues to serve as a
> harbinger for Central and East Asia. President Bagabandi last Friday
> took a courageous stand in convening parliament, turning his back on
> former ruling party allies and ushering in democratic forces in his
> call for national unity.
Received on Tue Dec 07 2004 - 20:26:27 CST