[valkyrieanne]

But there are any number of countries out there, some of whom do not wish us well, who would be very happy if we reverted to an agricultural nation, foreswearing any interest in being a technological or industrial power. They'd be happy to eat our food and smoke our cancer sticks and maybe now and then send us an outmoded computer or stripped-down Toyota, and have us be thankful for the deal. Because that kind of country isn't going to be a world-class military, technological, industrial, or innovative power on the world stage. And if we get out of line, they can send their advanced armored vehicles and aircraft and missiles in, secure in the knowledge that the best opposition we could offer is to send our farmers out with their pitchforks to joust with panzers.

That's the bottom line, isn't it? The more we outsource; the more we depend on Communist China; the more we allow illegal immigrants into the country to take American jobs - the more vulnerable we ultimately make ourselves to foreign invasion.

Rome didn't fall all at once - it took several generations.

[chimera]

That's the bottom line, isn't it? The more we outsource; the more we depend on Communist China; the more we allow illegal immigrants into the country to take American jobs - the more vulnerable we ultimately make ourselves to foreign invasion.

It is the major national security issue we face. Bush and the Republicans better show some leadership on it or they're going to have their a$$es handed to them by Kerry and the Rats.

Nations can use trade as a weapon every bit as much as they can guns and bayonets and missiles and bombers. The founders realized this, and as a result they gave Congress, as the elected representatives of the people, the power to oversee and formulate trade policy. They realized the awesome power the marketplace holds, and foresaw the dangers that nations driven by an agenda that is not in our interest could present if the market were used against us.

Placing the fate of our nation in the hands of outsiders is not a prescription for national security. There will be a price to pay if we do that, and it is a price so high that it can never be reflected in any price paid, or commodity bought and sold in the marketplace.