Today’s defense cuts are recreating conditions that led to Pearl Harbor By Adm. James A. Lyons Retired Adm. James A. Lyons was commander in chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet and senior U.S. military representative to the United Nations The Washington Times Tuesday, December 6, 2011 associated press The battleship USS Arizona belches smoke as
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Publication Date: July 9, 2004 All Captain Stephen Cannon knows of Anna, his Russian émigré mother, and Alex, his aviation-pioneering father, is from their China diaries, their personal journals that chronicle their courtship in China through Pearl Harbor. Then, after an epic escape from the siege of Hong Kong by clipper, carrying important documents to
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DECEMBER 7, 2011 Don’t be surprised if one of our underestimated adversaries does the unthinkable. By WARREN KOZAK EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: Seventy years after Pearl Harbor, the U.S. finds itself in much the same situation that it was in prior to World War II. There is a great effort to cut military spending, bring
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By TOM ORLIK ReutersResidential buildings under construction in the Kangbashi ‘ghost town’ in Ordos in Inner Mongolia, now hit by falling prices and unsold inventory. ORDOS, China—For a sense of the sharp policy shift China’s leaders have to orchestrate to avoid the world’s second-largest economy landing with a hard thud, look no further than this
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NOVEMBER 14, 2011 Rising discontent is challenging Communist Party rule. If economic growth is supposed to enhance people’s welfare and therefore satisfaction, China in 2011 is a conundrum. The economy is on track to grow more than 9%, yet this has been a year of rising discontent. On the Chinese equivalents of Twitter, criticism of
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NOVEMBER 1, 2011 After World War II, the U.S. promoted international economic growth through reliance on the market and the incentives it provides. Times have changed. By JOHN B. TAYLOR When President Obama meets with his counterparts from other G-20 countries in Cannes later this week, American economic leadership will, unfortunately, largely be absent. At
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WASHINGTON TIMES LENCZOWSKI: Don’t junk critical leverage over Beijing Silencing VOA programming would end U.S. support for China’s freedom By John Lenczowski – The Washington Times Wednesday, September 28, 2011 As China’s increasing economic, espionage and military might threaten ever-greater influence over the United States, why would we even consider junking our most cost-effective leverage
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NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE www.nationalreview.com Victor Davis Hanson October 19, 2011 Grand ahistorical apologies for others can obscure one’s own actual sins. EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: But such distancing is tricky. It opens a Pandora’s box of flawed assumptions. Is any nation free of sin? Apologizing for both ancient American sins and George W. Bush’s more
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IBD Editorials Apologies Not Accepted Posted 10/11/2011 06:29 PM ET In November 2009, Barack Obama became the first U.S. president to bow to Japan’s emperor. View Enlarged Image Leadership: Leaked cables show Japan nixed a presidential apology to Hiroshima and Nagasaki for using nukes to end the overseas contingency operation known as World War II. Will the next
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SEPTEMBER 29, 2011 If the Senate ratifies it, China will have its best weapon yet to limit U.S. action in Asia. By JOHN BOLTON And DAN BLUMENTHAL The Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST)—signed by the U.S. in 1994 but never ratified by the Senate—is showing some signs of life on Capitol Hill, even as
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