Hu's on First ?

When you are the World's Only Superpower engaged in a self-proclaimed Global War on Terror against the Axis of Evil it is easy to view all world events through that lens and have the feeling that everything relates to and revolves around us.

Thus, North Korea's decision to test a nuclear weapon is immediately seen as a challenge to President Bush.

It is possible, however, to see these matters in different frameworks which is why we like like to drop by WatchingAmerica from time to time to sample these other perspectives.

In this case we are considering the observations of Rajinder Puri of Outlook India who sees China in general and President Hu in particular at the focus of the DPRK weapons test furor.

You may or may not be persuaded by Puri's argument, but you will doubtless be amused by his crediting Henry Kissinger with assisting China in achieving its 5 to 1 trade advantage with the U.S. and noting that Donald Rumsfeld was a director of the company that sold North Korea its light water reactors. Wrap that around a possible internal Chinese power struggle between the Old Guard and Hu and you have a plausible yarn that reduces Bush to a bit player in the real game.

Ponder these plausabilities, consider alternative realities and

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