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Scarecrow Akhbar said:I say in the long run it's China, based on:
their holdings of US debt
our increasing dependency on low-cost Chinese labor and goods
Scarecrow Akhbar said:their expanding military forces
Scarecrow Akhbar said:the potential for conflict over Taiwan
Scarecrow Akhbar said:their acquisition of various srtategic assets, such as both ends of the Panama Canal,
Scarecrow Akhbar said:their expanding presence in space,
Scarecrow Akhbar said:and their direct and formal threats to use nuclear weapons against the US.
Scarecrow Akhbar said:Vanderveecken and I disagree on what is the most dangerous threat facing the US today.
I say in the long run it's China, based on:
their holdings of US debt
our increasing dependency on low-cost Chinese labor and goods
their expanding military forces
the potential for conflict over Taiwan
their acquisition of various srtategic assets, such as both ends of the Panama Canal,
their expanding presence in space,
and their direct and formal threats to use nuclear weapons against the US.
Vanderveecken can add his own views, if he will.
Kandahar said:Those things reduce the chance of a conflict. If tensions escalate to the point of military threats, suddenly China will be worried about whether that American debt will ever be repaid. An economically strong America is in China's best interests, just as an economically strong China is in America's best interests.
Kandahar said:It's inevitable that as a nation's economy grows it will exert more influence on its region of the world. That doesn't make China a military threat; their military budget is still barely one-tenth of ours. China doesn't have an ideology to spread, so it's unlikely to become expansionist.
Kandahar said:I doubt this will ever go beyond Taiwanese and Chinese diplomats talking smack to one another.
Kandahar said:How does good business sense make them a threat?
Kandahar said:If they want to throw money away on a space program, they can be my guest. We've certainly done enough of that ourselves, and even America is nowhere close to being able to militarize space at a reasonable cost.
Kandahar said:Worrisome to be sure, but that was only the opinion of one general, as the Chinese government made clear the day after he said that. This is certainly a lot less scary than, say, a nuclear Iran. Therefore I voted for Islamic terrorism.
earthworm said:As always, the greatest threats are ignorance, apathy and fear, even more so than Islamic terrorism.
We were blind to the military growth of Japan and Germany during the previous century. And there was no excuse for this..
I wonder how much Iran parallels this ???
Thus far, I respect and trust China, they will do what is best for themselves, as well they should...
I do not trust Islam, not respect it...
The liberal left is the greatest threat to America. They are like rebellious children causing decention within the family and need to be taken to the wood shed for a good whipping.DeeJayH said:I beleive it is the liberal left that is the greatest threat
i am surprised nobody used neo-cons as a write in also
but we are still early in the poll
Scarecrow Akhbar said:Vanderveecken and I disagree on what is the most dangerous threat facing the US today.
I say in the long run it's China, based on:
their holdings of US debt
our increasing dependency on low-cost Chinese labor and goods
their expanding military forces
the potential for conflict over Taiwan
their acquisition of various srtategic assets, such as both ends of the Panama Canal,
their expanding presence in space,
and their direct and formal threats to use nuclear weapons against the US.
Vanderveecken can add his own views, if he will.
The liberal left is the greatest threat to America. They are like rebellious children causing decention within the family and need to be taken to the wood shed for a good whipping.
FinnMacCool said:Are they a greater threat then terror?
vergiss said:...and the neo-cons call the left cowards.You're all jumping at your own shadows. Take a Valium and have a lie-down.
vergiss said:...and the neo-cons call the left cowards.You're all jumping at your own shadows. Take a Valium and have a lie-down.
Mark A Shrider said:Illegal immigration, period. We fix that & a host of other things fix themselves. Even in some ways legal immigration is hurting us. It's obviously not that difficult to get into our country legally; just ask a terrorist.
The terrorists can't defeat us the only thing that can is the fifth column within our own country just like in Vietnam.
DeeJayH said::2rofll:
thats funny
it amazes me how the left is always saying Bush and company are using Fear tactics. But i have yet to hear a single rep/con say he lives in fear
Rather we are facing REALITY, and there is a big difference between the two
whereas all the dems are runnig around like Chicken Little
Bush is the end of the world
Global Warming is the end of the world
Dont drink the water
the air is bad for you
blah blah blah
vergiss said:Yeah, because I've totally said those things.:roll:
Not fear, paranoia. Big difference. The kind of thing people are medicated for.
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