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To: philv who wrote (23325)	7/14/2005 4:17:24 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 81118

The Atlantic Monthly \| June 2005 How We Would Fight China The Middle East is just a blip. The American military contest with China in the Pacific will define the twenty-first century. And China will be a more formidable adversary than Russia ever was by Robert D. Kaplan theatlantic.com

To: philv who wrote (23325)	7/14/2005 2:05:47 PM
From: sea_urchin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81118

Phil > It seems it is America's God given right to the world's oil, no matter where it exists, even in Asia, and for China to have the gall to buy these assets at the going price plus, is just not acceptable! That's it. US power was based on oil and they want it remain that way. Of course, today it's based on the printing press. > capitalists should own the world. Capital is the property of capitalists, and to be a capitalist is to be American. And if there is one thing Americans excel at is to have the ability to produce capital out of thin air. I'm not sure any more that to be a capitalist is to be an American? It may have been true in the past but rats have a habit of leaving a sinking ship and there's no doubt that the US, especially under W and his band of gangsters, is in very troubled waters.

To: philv who wrote (23325)	7/15/2005 6:58:10 AM
From: sea_urchin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81118

Phil > I believe (China's) aim is inexorably to supplant the United States as the world's premier economic power and, if necessary, to defeat us militarily," Frank Gaffney, a Pentagon strategist under the late President Ronald Reagan, told the hearing "If necessary" is the operative phrase. Of course, the US will now regard anyone who is prepared to resist an attack by it not only as an aggressor but as a terrorist and especially if that nation wants to buy an interest in its oil business. news.ft.com >>China is prepared to use nuclear weapons against the US if it is attacked by Washington during a confrontation over Taiwan, a Chinese general said on Thursday. “If the Americans draw their missiles and position-guided ammunition on to the target zone on China's territory, I think we will have to respond with nuclear weapons,” said General Zhu Chenghu.<<