Arm sales, Obama, Romney

Agree with YT,  Bill's view on the arms sales is quite accurate.

Waking up from the "American dream", we are a bit sad that the wisdom and ideals of America's founding fathers have been overshadowed by capitalism, which has become the most powerful and controlling momentum in the US system now.  The super-rich is steering the country for their own benefits, many evil activities are justified, such as the US military-industrial complex, corruption of the financial system, ...  People has lost faith in the government...

As for Romney vs Obama,  the result is clear if one can visualize the open debate sessions between the two.

Many people feel sorry that Obama did not take advantage of his mandate right after election when he has both people and the Congress on his side..  Many wished that he would carry out idealism and take drastic measures to correct the wrongs in the government and society.  However, he was not a hot-blooded revolutionary, but a cool-headed and patient pragmatist.  He has chosen not to become a political martyr but to smartly work within the system to make progress.   It will be interesting to see how he behave in the 2nd term without the concern of re-election.

Best regards,

-Philip Yuan-

Party Bristles at Military's Push for More Sway in China

Bill:

Thanks for the forwarded NYT article on China's military leadership conflicts.

Power struggle exists in every political system.

I just hope it is done peacefully, and not being monopolized by super-rich and establishments, but is based on popular support directly from the lowest level of citizens.   However, that seldomly happens in History.   

I used to be optimistic about democracy.  When democracy did not work well, I tended to blame the low educational level of the population.  Now in the USA, that is hardly an excuse.  It is a concern that people are generally disinterested; they become motivated when there direct interest is affected, and then they are easily misleaded by politicians and super-rich class controlled establishments.   

Some may argue that the US system may not be efficient and perfect but it will not allow the nation to swing to a total collapse (like the previous USSR).   For over 200 years, that statement has been true; the US survived many crises.   

With population explosion, and commercialism-pushed over-consumption plus pollution Should we have a blind faith that the US (and the current world human civilization) would survive for the next 200 years, and 2000 years?  

Best regards,

-Philip Yuan-

On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 6:08 PM, William Rogers <wnrogers40@gmail.com> wrote:

Gangers,

This article from today's New York Times is on a subject I've previously seen little about in the press: the byplay between the PLA leadership and the members of the Central Committee of the PRC. What's revealed here is, if true, further evidence that the Chinese government, like governments all over the world, is not entirely unified on all matters. An interesting thing is that the generals have particular allegiance to the leader(s) who appointed them to their positions.

Bill

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