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To: michael97123 who wrote (45139)	4/5/2001 3:52:58 PM
From: Dale Knipschield	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 70976

>Nationalism is most dangerous in a "young" country.< Not quite how I would describe it.....nationalism is most dangerous in countries experiencing a "rapidly expanding economy". Irrational wealth leads to irrational expansionist plans......the ability to buy weapons of war leads to takeover ideas...... It goes back to Egypt, then Rome.....through history.....to the French, Dutch, and British colonialists......even to the US as it expanded in the late 1800's and took over Hawaii, invaded Cuba.....etc. China's economy is expanding at a cash rate probably unheard of in history. Only a small amount of this money went to the U. S. Democrats to buy silence in the 90's as China expanded militarily; the rest of is going into purchasing the latest military equipment from Russia........MIG-29's and SU-27's, modern submarines, destroyers, tanks, etc. Also, aside from the priceless tools and intelligence they got for free from the US, there is also a great deal being spent on internal weapons research and development for strategic and tactical missiles, nuclear warheads, MIRV's, etc. Only a fool (like Clinton) would underestimate their war-making ability. The strange thing is that we're not a natural enemy of China, and we need to somehow take advantage of that. Rather than putting ourselves in their face, we need to exploit the fact that their historical enemies are Japan and the Soviet Union..........not the U. S. I don't know how we do that, but I believe its something we need to recognize and explore. Enough ranting from me for today. Nice day in the market! Regards, Knip