On Mon, 2002-11-11 at 20:48, Sean Alcorn - PIC Stuff wrote:

> On the front cover I had the "Union Jack" and underneath the words
> "English Version" - I couldn't believe it, but then decided that it was
> so typically a Taiwanese comment. They think the sun shines out of
> Uncle Sam's backside (even though Uncle Sam left them High & Dry).
> Rather than argue my point, I simply deleted the flag altogether!

Oh, I *must* poke some fun back here...

High and dry?  Is that what I should call my tax dollars paying for a
Carrier Air Group and embarked Air Wing near the South China Sea day and
night, year-round, to keep their neighbors to their west from getting
too frisky?  (No matter what order you put the dates in... GRIN.)

I don't see any Aircraft Carriers flying the Union Jack providing much
cover for the Straits.

Not that a Harrier would be much use over open ocean, anyway... make a
nice splash is about it when an AAMRAM copy came off the rails of a
Flanker (Su-27) 100 miles away... nice fat hot slow TARGET.

Nate, nate@natetech.com

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