“Frankly， in the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff，this strategy would involve us in the wrong war，at the wrong place，at the wrong time，and with the wrong enemy。”
It's fake, not what Ford said. Gerald R. Ford's remarks on Mao's death is kind of neutral:
Chairman Mao was a giant figure in modern Chinese history. He was a leader whose actions profoundly affected the development of his own country. His influence on history will extend far beyond the borders of China.
These remarks can be put on most of emperors in china history if not everyone of them.
And I don't believe 世界名人评价 you listed here.作者: 283y 时间: 2009-10-17 01:09
法国总统德斯坦 did said "mao's death extinguished a beacon of world thought". IMO, it's barely a compliment. It can be used on saddam hussein's death too.
let's face it, Mao's a dictator to them . I don't think they felt sad or sorry for his death. They were just pretending to be polite after all Mao did no harm to their countries.作者: 283y 时间: 2009-10-17 01:14
FYI. news about Mao's death, on sep. 10, 1976
哦！瞧您心痛的！呼天喊地：“我的婊子”。莫非您的婊子跟洋大人跑了？同情您！ 作者: Belami 时间: 2009-10-19 06:19 标题: West VS East A very good point of view regarding Mao's heritage!
Upon the Steam Revolution the West was revenging their inferiority towards Chinese Empire which happened to be in declination under Manchou Ruling.
Mao stood up and fought against the invasion of the West, militarily and culturally. He built The People's Dynasty of China, an ever stronger dynasty to our own real Chinese people, totally different from the era of Mangol or Manchou.
