Hello Ron Hawk Reece, <<I have to disagree with the belief that Bush is weak>>
I do not know if Bush is weak or not, but I do know that weakness can show through in a variety of ways, for example, in clarity of thinking, logic of reason, sense of proportion, honesty, and intellect, not to mention the courage to face the truth, and re-examine faulty judgment and unwind unwise decisions.
Weakness sometimes can even be indicated by foolishness of presentation, and language, like “Mission Accomplished” or “Bring It On”, tempting obvious and inescapable fate, in the comfort of a beautiful office, or on the deck of a luxury yacht.
Whereas strength is actually not about presentation, but result, preferably against the odds.
<<Any lack of sophistication he may have in foreign policy is easily made up for in Dick Cheney and Colin Powell>>
There may be something to what you wrote, as the dynamic dual certainly still have a few more months in which to make up for the lacking in what you termed “sophistication”, and do so “easily”.
<<If anything, I think the Chinese are afraid that he will possess more of a backbone on the Taiwan issue than Clinton has shown and will call their bluff with regard to their bluster>>
Geopolitics is not about backbone or fists, it is about tapping the energy and shoving with the flow, leverage, and positioning, and finally, getting one's sustainable result without committing to an unsustainable destiny of happenings.
On <<bluster>>, it is a matter of interpretation, and the apparent <<bluff>> may now be on the table Message 20330369 .
Let us watch and see if the script goes according to imagination Message 20330647
Chugs, Jay
P.S. BTW, we are here, again Message 14861804
<<November 22nd, 2000
… Right now, the two presidential contenders do not inspire confidence overseas, especially as they do not even inspire confidence at home.>>
It is possible that whatever happens, nothing wished for will occur, as the course is set, charter paid for, and result ordained.
P.P.S. On this, Message 14861804
<<November 22nd, 2000
... The US as a destination of investment money will eventually fall out of favor as the other large economies either reform, depreciate into value category, or drag the US down as these other large economies vaporize. The first two possibilities are more likely prospects, but not central to the case against the dollar ...>>
... the democratic FDI investor electorates are voting with their wallet, purse, money clip, coin dispenser, piggy bank, and bank drafts into USD-space, the peripheral province otherwise called China, presumably for reasons of wishing to do well.
... the centrally planned paper money electorates, otherwise known as central banks, are voting for US paper, and you will likely agree that central planners are inavriable always wrong. |
