In my last night’s blog there was a link to a US Defense Department news-article and I have quoted some words from it and thought it was a positive sign. This morning, those words were gone, completely.
Was it a mistake? If not, why have they changed? I can’t judge yet. Or is it a slip of tongue that only reveal something? Was it a deliberate revelation? And does the removal mean a stepback of the US policy?
The words were,”Gates isprepared to speak with the Chinese about Iraniannuclear ambitions, moves with North Korea andthe war on terror. The U.S. delegation expects the Chinese to bring up Taiwan – especially with the independence referendum on the ballot soon. President Bush has said the United Statesis against independence for the island nation.“The italic part was removed.
Anyway, there is some subtleties involoved in the this unusual move again. It was an unusual declaration of stance yesterday, and an unusual deletion today.