<p>“Well said. That’s why I find it laughable when some right-wing Canadians claim that we have to be there in Afghanistan in order to “contain” terrorism. Why? Because terrorism isn’t a person or an army; rather, it’s an incendiary idea that you enflame more by sending military over to foreign lands.”</p>
<p>I totally agree. Well said yourself. I think this wrong mindset, that we are fighting a traditional war against a country instead of fighting a modern war against a belief, is why the USA is losing a war of attrition in Iraq, and why Israel will lose a war of attrition in Lebanon. I find it ironic that this style of warfare is in some ways very similar to the style of warfare we fought as colonists against the British. Guerrila warfare, unconventional tactics, etc.</p>
<p>“China has been supporting the U.S. currency- the dollar by purchasing massive quatities of U.S. public debts (while most other countries are dumping it). it is buying U.S. debt at a rate of billions $$ a year. if it stops buying U.S. dollar at some point. The dollar willl be worthless a the jap yen.”</p>
<p>Yes. USA may be outsourcing manufacturing to China, but we do not own as much of their currency as they own of ours. If they stop buying the US dollar and diversify their assets, as South Korea was almost going to do last year, that would put a huge chink into our economy.</p>
<p>The economic importance of this tie cannot be underestimated. Show me the link between the Nazi-Soviet pact and the economic relations between China and the USA and maybe then we can argue. We step around China for everything, just like we step around Saudi Arabia.</p>
<p>Oh, and if Russia regarded China as one of it’s enemies in the region…why would their troops be training together? Last year when I was in Shanghai, I flipped onto a News Channel that featured a story about a camp where Russian and Chinese soldiers were training together, combining tactics, etc. They seemed pretty cozy in their tanks to me.</p>