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Mum's the Word On Google Attack At Davos
theodp writes "BusinessWeek reports that the cyber attack on Google was the elephant-in-the-room at the annual meeting of world leaders in Davos. 'China didn't want to discuss Google,' Josef Ackermann, CEO of Deutsche Bank AG and a co-chair of this year's World Economic Forum, said in an interview. China's Vice Premier Li Keqiang made that clear, he added. Even Google CEO Eric Schmidt didn't bring up China, and Bill Gates was mum on the topic in an interview. The reluctance of companies to talk about China illustrates the pressure on them to protect their business in the country, while the US government doesn't want to upset Chinese investors, said Andy Mok of Red Pagoda Concepts LLC. 'People have their commercial interests,' explained Deutsche Bank's Ackermann."
heya,
Err, because Bush and his ilk saw the world in a very black-and-white world, and thought Saddam Hussein was an evil twat, who should be removed? And unlike Kim Il Jong, they could probably do it (or so they thought) quickly and easily, without risk of nuclear recriminations? And because Hussein was universally hated by pretty much everybody in his country for raping, pillaging, and gassing his way across the land?
Cheers, Victor