Reply #10: Condi, the one-trick Vulcan pony is almost as big a failure as the

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candidate whose lack of experience in affairs foreign she supposedly compensated for. Since then, she hasn't been able to foresee or imagine much, but now the US, who has promoted pre-emptive global rights, is going to lecture the country we outsourced our economy to on being humble.

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Dr Rice said last week that the pace and reach of Beijing's military build-up was something that had to be watched by the trilateral dialogue partners.

"I think all of us in the region, particularly those of us who are longstanding allies, have a joint responsibility and obligation to try and produce conditions in which the rise of China will be a positive force in international politics, not a negative force," she told The Australian before leaving Washington.
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I wonder what a "negative force" would be; kicking Vulcan butt back to Washington?