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To: combjelly who wrote (219959)	2/20/2005 11:37:29 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572751

"more countries would be raised up economically but then ground down further"" Sorry. If the power blocs competed economically, then it would be in their interest to see economic development in the third world, since they would need as many healthy markets as possible. But, with the emphasis being on military, there is a strong tendency to use those countries as proxies and indirect ways to show the other blocs how effective their weapon systems are. So there will be exploiting of local tensions, arming of insurgents and all the other stuff we and the Soviets did through out the Cold War. I think with the rise of China et al as economic powers, the kind of games we played in the third world with the Soviets will not be possible for one simple reason. With so many countries producing under solid economic conditions, can you appreciate how many products will flood the world markets? It will require that every country on the planet have aggressive consumers buying as much as possible. And we all know that people don't buy in large numbers when their country is experiencing civil war or an uprising from insurgents. Nope........I think the economic powers will have to play those games only among themselves if they want their economies to prosper. ted