In
2001, a Chinese jet fighter collided with an American spy airplane over the
China Sea, near the Chinese mainland.
Thus an argument ensued.
USA:
You have no right to collide with our aircraft and force it to land.
CHINA:
You have no right to violate our space.
USA:
International law recognizes anything beyond a 12-mile limit as international
waters.
CHINA:
We recognize a 200-mile limit.
USA:
We are within our rights by international law.
CHINA:
You are spying on us. This is an act of aggression.
USA:
We do it to keep the world safe from the likes of you. Besides you spy on us
too.
CHINA:
We spy on you because you are attempting to dominate the world.
USA:
We are merely trying to keep the peace.
CHINA:
You act as though you are the world’s self-appointed police force.
USA:
It’s a dirty job but someone has to do it.
CHINA:
How would you feel if we sent spy planes off your coastline?
USA:
We wouldn’t like that at all.
CHINA:
You should mind your own business.
USA:
We must patrol the globe to keep evil like you contained.
CHINA:
You are an evil empire that always has to have your own way.
USA:
We are a democracy. It is our obligation to keep tabs on the rest of the world.
CHINA:
If you keep secrets from your citizens, you have no democracy.
USA:
We must keep secrets so we can always have the upper hand on evil.
CHINA:
We must also keep secrets because of evil like you.
USA:
No you don’t because we are the good guys.
CHINA:
If you are the good guys, why is it nobody likes you?
USA:
Britain likes us. So does Israel. Canada seems to like us too.
CHINA:
Big deal.
USA:
We intend to keep spying on you.
CHINA:
Stay out of our air space or there will be another incident.
USA:
You have no right to collide with our aircraft and force it to land.
CHINA:
You have no right to violate our space.
USA:
International law recognizes anything beyond a 12-mile limit as international
waters.
CHINA:
We recognize a 200-mile limit.
USA:
We are within our rights by international law.
CHINA:
You are spying on us. This is an act of aggression.
And
so on…
The
argument continues in an endless circle -- both sides are certain they are
right. But in the scheme of things, only one side can be right.
Unless,
or course, neither are right.
___________
Quote for the Day -- "The moment we want to believe
something, we suddenly see all the arguments for it, and become blind to the
arguments against it." George Bernard Shaw
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Bret Burquest is the author of 9 books, including THE REALITY OF
THE ILLUSION OF REALITY and 11:11 EARTH TIME (available on Amazon). He lives in
the Ozark Mountains with a dog named Buddy Lee and where silence is the hardest
argument to refute.
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