Well Worth Reading...

There are several good posts this weekend that you may have missed that I would like to draw your attention to:

Far East

• Simon has the anti-Japan rallies covered in China extremely well with good follow up links here. 
• Cheat-Seeking Missiles, whose author knows PR, asks "How Will China Stop the Riots?" and wonders if China isn't opening a Pandora's box to a Tiananmen II.
• Tom Collins of Quillnews does an analysis of China and has some foreign policy suggestions for them and a good summary of the US relationship with several Asian partners here
• This Instapundit link to a Strategy Page story indicates goodwill from the US military involvement in Aceh is making a difference in Indonesia.
• Real Clear Politics has a good link to a London Financial Times editorial on "Japan's Burden" on Japan's troubles with its neighbors because of its past.

Domestic News

• Intelligence reform has been off the radar screen (it shouldn't be) of this blog, so in correcting it, I recommend to you Quillnews' post here to give you a summary.
• tdaxp has a good post on the sorry state of middle ground in American politics with a link and commentary to an Economist Lexington article here.

I have enjoyed seeing the outpouring of affection for Pope John Paul II.  My prayers are with the Cardinals as they get close to beginning their task of picking his successor.  Pope John Paul II did an amazing job of making the Catholic Church relevant around the world and taking the message of salvation to the world's youth. 

Comments

[Ed Rice]

John Paul II was a great ambassador for the Catholic Church, and the cardinals will do well if they select a successor generally like him. But I'm not sure John Paul II promoted salvation per se so much as he tried to embody the love of Christ. Billy Graham promotes salvation along with demonstrating the love of Christ. It's a fine point. Certainly both men, along with Jesus himself, have appealed greatly to the masses, and investigation into the life of Jesus is almost certain to lead to the plan of salvation.