An additional “wild card” would be to allow the Japanese Prime Minister to directly call upon US nuclear submarines for nuclear bombardment support, final say would be the Captain of the submarine but that is why they pay the skipper the big bucks.

Diplomacy is all about subtlety. Sometimes you bluff, sometimes you threaten, other times you bribe and cajole, but you do so in a way that is subtle, not apparent, therefore unpredictable.

When China is certain that Bush will do this and not do that, China will have put their pieces into a position from which to checkmate you. However, if China is unsure and has to react to your attacks and plans, and is unsure which is the real attack or the fake one, China will be the one on the defensive.
If you read Neo Neocon’s earlier post about this subject, Danny, you would see some of the same conclusions in her post, that you presented here.

I and Winds of Change came to the same conclusions, and we never even read anything about the position of the other. When you derive solutions based upon common and absolutely correct deductive principles, then there is not a lot of variation to the conclusion.

The State Department attempts to make diplomacy some kind of “High Art”, but most people with common sense would do much better than the State Depos.

So I’ll continue to believe in my position until someone explains why another would be better and does so in an effective manner.

Nothing in your argument, erp, explains why you believe Google made YouTube edit the content of the video. While I cannot guarantee that I’ll believe your explanation, it is certainly the minimum that one can do if you are attempting to provide sources that seem to back up your arguments.

Even Neo Neocon atthe height of her busy schedule, turned on the news and watched a few segments. It is an ingrained habit, one that people should make use of if they seek to achieve propaganda successes.

I don’t believe that youtube “edits” videos. They either put them up or pull them down entirely.