China to aid in PeaceKeeping of Aghanistan.....

[phatmonky]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3398943.stm

It is not clear why China has decided to send just one officer to Afghanistan but analysts say it may be to play a symbolic part in helping a neighbouring country.


wtf? haha!

[russ_watters]

Sending 100 is symbolic (lots of countries have done that), sending 1 is a slap in the face.

[Andy]

Maybe he is really really good, a one man army.

[jimmy p]

probably the only willing soldier in the army, the rest are from national service so dont give a damn...!

[Zero]

Originally posted by russ_watters
Sending 100 is symbolic (lots of countries have done that), sending 1 is a slap in the face. Like leaving a quarter tip, isn't it? LOL

[Njorl]

It is possible that it is just a slap, but there is another, more probable explanation.

It states clearly that he has drug enforcement experience. He may be acting as a liason to counterparts in China. Western China actually does have a significant problem with opium based drugs and fundamentalist Muslim extremists. Afghanistan exports both.

Njorl

[LURCH]

Problem is, you get one Chinese officer and half an hour later you want another!

Originally posted by Njorl
It is possible that it is just a slap, but there is another, more probable explanation.

It states clearly that he has drug enforcement experience. He may be acting as a liason to counterparts in China. Western China actually does have a significant problem with opium based drugs and fundamentalist Muslim extremists. Afghanistan exports both.

Njorl

Sounds somewhat plausable, but even for that purpose one would expect them to send a small task force, not a single individual. Perhaps they are using their childbirth phylosophy; each parent nation is allowed only one new Chinese person?

[Nereid]

The way the game is played at this level, I suspect there are all kinds of coded messages in this one gesture, primarily for the Bush team.