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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (363)	4/24/2001 3:32:09 AM
From: CVJ	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2279

Hawk, 'scuse me for butting in, but I saw a discussion a few days ago on TV that said that the $90 billion trade deficit with China misstates the reality. According to the guest, most of the goods exported to the U.S. are mfgd by primarily U.S. owned companies whom are there for the gigantic pool of cheap labor. Supposedly a lot of the component parts are actually made in North America and shipped there for assembly. It sounds a little too much like a China apologist's propaganda to me, but I have no means of defending or attacking the premise. Chas

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (363)	4/24/2001 6:15:16 PM
From: jbn3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2279

Hawkmoon, You said that "The FAA governs all intercept protocols for US military aircraft, and they directly cite that NO ACTION will be taken that endangers the aircraft they are attempting to identify. And it also states that US aircraft will abort the intercept if the other aircraft creates a dangerous situation (acts aggressively), and they will report to higher authority for instructions." Does that include US military or quasi-military aircraft helping South American allies shoot down missionary planes, too?

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (363)	5/13/2001 4:29:14 AM
From: SLSUSMA	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2279

In fact, were it not for the US, China might have been conquered by Japan during WWII. Actually, and since you obviously don't know much about military history, I'll refresh your memory... If anyone can take credit for winning WWII, it would have to be the Russians. We didn't start fighting the Germans until Operation Torch in '43 and by the time we really got to Europe, the German had already been hammered by the Red Army. The Germans we fought after June 6, 1944 wasn't exactly the cream of the Wehrmacht...and even then, the Germans gave us a good run until Ardennes. By your logic, shouldn't we be bowing to Russian now?