Here's an interesting read. I found this link at Mish's board on the Motley Fool.
http://www.321energy.com/editorials/winston/winston020905.html
-helen
http://www.321energy.com/editorials/winston/winston020905.html
-helen
wildcat said:Didn't people predict similar circumstances with other countries....Soviet Union, Japan when it was kicking butt, etc
Resistance is futile. China will be assimilated... we need their payroll taxes to fix the Social Security problem.Telly said:They are getting the American Culture Flu... movies, clothes design and accessories, all bow to the Big Mac! Ah, maybe our main output is the corrosion of conformity (yeah, I know, but the phrase fits, I think).
Regardless, I expect that a continuing export of China will be people to America.
Just curious, Michael, have you ever been in a room with a group of Japanese & Korean people? Or Chinese & Japanese? Even second-generation American descendents of those cultures? Statements like yours would sure cause a reaction in those social situations.Michael said:The difference between China and Japan is that Japan is a peaceful nation with no military aspirations. China has been rapidly building up its military, and is potentially very dangerous.
I hear ya, but after two decades of service I'd have to conclude that the U.S. buildup is at least on the same pro-rated scale as the Chinese. Yet somehow we're the "good" guys and they're not?Michael said:I am well aware of Japan's history, and the unwillingness of many of their victims to forgive them. Nevertheless, it is now China that is embarking upon a rapid military build up. The government the US set up in Japan is peaceful, while the dictatorship of the vanguard across the pond is not.
Yet somehow we're the "good" guys and they're not?
unclemick2 said:Probably spelling it wrong - any old Cold Warriors remember:
Plausible Deniability
Us - do that? - nah!
Heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh - that's a sixer.
unclemick2 said:Probably spelling it wrong - any old Cold Warriors remember:
Plausible Deniability
Lazarus said:SAC --- Peace is Our Profession.
Anyone remember this?
Lazarus said:SAC --- Peace is Our Profession.
Anyone remember this?
Michael said:The Chinese government has tortured and killed vast numbers of their own citizens. In many cases, their only "crime" was following a religion not approved by the government (such as Christianity). It is estimated that 10 million Christians alone in China were tortured or killed for their beliefs. The US is not perfect, but at least they don't send secret police to imprison peaceful worshipers.
I don't mind the US spending more on defense than the rest of the world combined, as long as the government doesn't start slaughtering civilians for no good reason. The mass slaughter in places such as China and the Sudan is pretty appalling.
Just keep the people in charge of China away from here. I don't trust them.
Michael said:....Japan is a peaceful nation with no military aspirations. China has been rapidly building up its military, and is potentially very dangerous.
Michael said:I am well aware of Japan's history, and the unwillingness of many of their victims to forgive them.
Do they go around invading other sovereign nations on false pretexts?
I don't trust the people in charge of China either, not any further than I trust Bush.
Which nation jails the highest proportion of their population for political crimes (meaning crimes with no victims, that are only crimes because the government says so)?