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The same top Bush administration neoconservatives who leap-frogged Washington’s foreign policy establishment to topple Saddam Hussein nearly pulled off a similar coup in U.S.-China relations—creating the potential of a nuclear war over Taiwan, a top aide to former Secretary of State Colin Powell says.
CQ Homeland Security (06/01/2007)
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JEFF STEIN is an investigative reporter of long standing, specializing in U.S. intelligence, defense and foreign policy. In Sept. 2002, he launched CQ/Homeland Security. An Army Intelligence case officer in Vietnam, he later became CQ's National Security Editor and originated the SpyTalk column and blog. An occasional contributor to the New York Times and Washington Post, Jeff was deputy foreign editor for UPI during the 1980s. He appears frequently on CBS, CNN, MSNBC, Fox, the BBC and NPR as a commentator on national security issues.
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2 Comments:
Sending mixed signals over US policy regarding China-Taiwan relations as the article alludes to is something that we should not take lightly. The One China Policy is well based and has amassed strong support from almost every country in the world. To attempt to undermine this policy with even the slightest support for Taiwan Independence is a danger to peace in the region that will likely have repercussions worldwide. The names of the DOD neocons mentioned in the article jump right off the page for those who have read Bob Woodward's exposures in State of Denial as they preempted the War in Iraq. Fortunately, those neocons have been circumcised and hopefully replaced with a more well-balanced crop of bureaucrats. The CIA overseas and FBI at home have always been very sensitive to the issue of Taiwan Independence with a strong collection effort against those who support it.
September 26, 2007 4:34 PM
Well, Porter, I think you put your finger right on it. But I have to add that the more I've learned about this, the less sure I am about who was doing what when re Taiwan. Some former officials in a position to know have insisted to me that there was no foot-tapping between Rumsfeld's office and the independence forces. Others equally in a position to know insist there was. I think the answer is that Rummy played his cards very close to his vest, and very well could have both voiced his disapproval of the movement while other DoD neocons were encouraging it.
Anyway, thankis for your note.-js
September 26, 2007 5:19 PM
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