Hi Jay,
As usual, you ask me questions I wasn't thinking about, but I will give it a try.
Re: detainees. 14,000? Huh. Lotta damned detainees.
I am probably not a good proxy for the Bush base but maybe closer than you're going to get otherwise, so here goes.
So what?
Sorry, doesn't bother me in the least.
Now, let's be clear, I've been arguing in favor of humane treatment, indeed according to the Geneva conventions, but fact of the matter is, the war isn't over, so they don't have any right to be repatriated, assuming they want to go home, and assuming their home country actually wants them.
In fact, as I understand it, their lawyers are arguing that sending them home to places like Egypt and Saudi Arabia is "cruel and unusual punishment" because they won't be treated very well once they get there.
So -- at worst, in the US, vis-a-vis 2006 midterm elections, a neutral.
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Re: Chinese demand for Saudi oil. Hey, go 'head on. It's not in anybody's interest for the Saudis to cave to the Jihadis.
Not yours, not ours.
The entire point of the Pax Americana is cheap oil for our allies.
So -- vis-a-vis 2006 midterm elections, a neutral.
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Re: Chinese products. I don't see any lessening in demand for value for money.
If the Chinese want to provide value for money, no complaints.
If not, there's always the Indians, the Pakistanis, the Bangladeshi, the Mexicans, the Hondurans, the Costa Ricans, etc., etc., etc.
Someone, somewhere, is always willing to get rich.
So -- vis-a-vis 2006 midterm elections, not even a blip.
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What else? Interest rates? Gas prices? I dunno, they don't seem to be problems to me, at least not for the foreseeable future.
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As for Doomsday -- you keep predicting it, I keep not seeing it. |
