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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-19-06 07:40 AM
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China's Hu to give Bush a book to read ("The Art of War")
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060419/od_afp/uschinabushhugift_060419072128

HONG KONG (AFP) - Chinese President Hu Jintao will present US counterpart George W. Bush, under fire for the handling of Iraq, with a copy of Sun Tzu's "The Art of War," a report said.


Hu, who arrived Tuesday on a four-day visit to the United States, will meet Bush in Washington Thursday when he is expected to hand over the book, an ancient Chinese text on military strategy.

The book is famed for insights such as: "Winning without fighting is the best strategy of all."

The text was written by Sun Tzu, a general believed to have lived in the 6th century BC and a contemporary of Confucius, one of China's great philosophers.

Each set contains two versions, one English and one Chinese. In the Chinese version, characters are woven into the silk pages with 155,000 mulberry silk threads. The English version is printed on silk.

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TAPat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-19-06 07:44 AM
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1. I'm sorry for being so shallow so early in the morning but,
:rofl:
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nytemare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-19-06 07:44 AM
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2. Yes, and don't forget "know your enemy"
Abu Ghraib is a fine example of his lack of knowledge of this basic principle. I don't think much could inspire the insurgency more than thos photographs.
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Coexist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-19-06 07:47 AM
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3. I'll bet they are absolutely gorgeous.
But if he really wanted Bush to absorb this wisdom, he would have made an animated version for our President.
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Starbucks Anarchist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-19-06 07:48 AM
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4. "'Art of War?' You mean paintings of dead people?"
That's probably what Dumbass will say.
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-19-06 07:51 AM
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5. Too late for that but
does anyonein his or her right mind believe Bush could understand this book?
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paparush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-19-06 07:53 AM
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6. Its the Pop Up Book Version....
Winning without fighting....BWAHAHAHAHAHA....ROFLMAO!!! Bush/Cheney/Rove/Rice/Rumsfeld will just LOVE that line.
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eShirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-19-06 07:57 AM
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7. bwahahaha
OMG too funny

will he read it, will he understand it, will he realize China has been following its tenets while he has been playing at child's level all this time?

"ha ha ha America," indeed.
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newportdadde Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-19-06 08:12 AM
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8. "Winning without fighting is the best strategy of all." = we own all your
T-bills, all of your factories that could make anything are in our country.
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Oversea Visitor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-19-06 08:39 AM
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9. OMG
They feel he need an education. First they pay respect to a Dem Governor and Bill Gates and friends.
Then they give bush a book
" The Art of WAR"
bush totally outclass..... no fight..... worst then :rofl: cant get word.

How bush going to react.... born loser get put in place Hu WHO? HU WHO?
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derby378 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-19-06 08:40 AM
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10. Rocks vs. eggshells
As far as I'm concerned, Nero is one of the eggshells, but he likes to pretend he's a rock.
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