why did president go to asia?
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Presidents amid scandal and low poll numbers always take a sudden trip overseas to seem 'Presidential'.\n\nThey all do it, Clinton did it.\n\nIt works.
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All sorts - Asia's a big place.\n\nBenevolent dictatorship (eg. Singapore),\nConstitutional monarchy (eg. Japan),\nCommunism (eg. Vietnam),\nTheocracy (eg. Bhutan or Iran),\nDemocracy (eg. India),\nPuppet government (eg. Iraq),\nMilitary dictatorship (eg. Burma).
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Alberto Fujimori - President of Peru between 1990 - 2000, the first East Asian man to be leader of a Latin-American country. \nHe went back Japan after that, then intended to go back Peru for President Election in 2005, but was arrested in Chile and sent to Peru for some scandals during his leading time.
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We know relatively little about the return home.  It took about 2 years, by boat from China around India to Persia.  It was very difficult, tho' he doesn't say exactly why, and doesn't go into any detail about most of the places he stopped.  It has been surmised that a combination of cholera and pirates were the most serious difficulties.\n\nFor a map see http://www.silk-road.com/maps/images/polomap.jpg
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the allied army had been pushed all the way pack to the very bottom east corner of korea, around pusan. they could not retreat anymore except into the sea. MacArthur flanked the north korean army by landing at Incheon, about half way up Korea, close to Seoul on the coast. by doing this he split the North Korean army in half and managed to defeat them into retreat.\n\nthe fateful chapter is this; the main objective of the Allied army was to push N.K. back to the 38th Parallel, where the war had originally started. they did this relatively quickly and should have stopped there. By going into north korea, the US basically scared china into joining the war,(although they never officially did, it is a well known fact that china fought) china was worried that US might not stop at the N.K./Chinese border. once china joined the war, which should have already been over with a huge allied victory, it ended up taking three years longer, cost hundreds of thousand lives and ended up back where they started at the 38th parallel.\nhope that helps, better late than never i guess.\nas a note most of the countries involved and the american president at the time did not want MacArthur to cross the line into N.K. He basically bullied them into it.
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b. Nixon\nHe was the first U.S. president to visit China since their communist revolution in 1948.
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because he wanted to.
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to travel around the world
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By President Nixon going to China, a lot was accomplished including lots of trad agreements that opened China up for more favorable trade with the United States. I can't remember,but I don't think on his trip there that he made China a Most favorable trading nation with the United States, I am thinking he did not sign that agreement.\n\nThe two countries agreed to trade more commodities than they had before, since this was heads of states meeting the trade agreements made international news with all the agreements that were signed while he was there.\n\nI think George H. Bush and Henry Kissinger set the stage for the meetings as well as the agreements.
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Based on fuel costs, probably a little more than it cost Clinton for the same trip.\n\nRemember when Clinton gave Chelsea that around-the-world graduation trip, with the huge entourage that cost tens of millions of dollars? Where they went to India and the Indians couldn't figure out why the hell Clinton was there? I'm trying to recall your outrage.... nope, you didn't care, then, and that means you don't really care now, because it is just an issue being used to support the Bush-hate.\n\nIt would be nice, it would make US politics better, if the Bush-haters would actually have a valid argument against Bush (and there are plenty), instead of these insipid DemocraticUnderground moron talking points.
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Define 'dominating' in this context. No, Asia will not take over the world since there will be a lot of countries disagreeing with such plan. But the population in China is quite extreme.
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He was corrupt and the country was falling into civil war.  Death squads and armed gangs were being used to police and intimidate the population. This lead to factional fighting and   when the president was threatened with capture and probable exacution he fled the country.
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She was either on the West Coast or in Hawaii or Alaska.  Asia isn't up yet (written at 1:11 PM, EDT).
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Ethical, I guess that might be considered, but the president can simply not go anywhere without his security (paid for by you and me) and transportation which is part of his security (paid for by you and me).\n\nThe president can go visit his parents and you and I are going to pay for it. He simply is not allowed to wonder off without his staff of people. He is the most heavily protected guy on the planet and there is a price tag that goes with that.
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The present Thai Foreign Minister (can't remember his name) might be a good choice.  He is highly intelligent, stable and articulate (in English).  He belongs to a country that is mature and politically uncomitted, sitting nicely close to China and bang in the middle of Asia. He'd get my vote.
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He tore up the Taliban, deposed a brutal dictator and has sought to protect or expand American power around the world.\n\nIt's a good thing.
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He did make a mistake --- he was looking for the Indies(Asia) and discovered a new country ---