Fred Thompson Quotes

And it's difficult for the average American to understand why something like that could be so important and why a little small place like Taiwan would be so important to the PRC.

Fred Thompson

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• And it's difficult for the average American to understand why something like that could be so important and why a little small place like Taiwan would be so important to the PRC.

  

  Fred Thompson
  • Important
  • Why
  • American