[Cold Heat]

No, but China is not our friend in any sense of the word.

They are fighting us in world commerce in every market and are showing many signs of beginning a move into Latin America. Not just in commerce, but with large groups of military advisor's and support staffs.

They are doing exactly what they falsely accuse the U.S. of engaging in, and that would be efforting to control global commerce. They already have a huge leverage on the U.S. and we need not give them any more. They use every bit of leverage they have.

I cannot say this about any other foreign power.

Lastly, their military expenditures have risen dramatically and they have no other enemy to justify this with. Their enemy therefore, is us.

The UAE on the other hand is cooperating with us in a great number of ways. It already hosts our forward operating bases, and handle the bulk of our military cargo. They are a capitalistic society and have little oil, which has drawn them into the 21st century as a Islamic state. They are also the source of much of the moderate Islamic culture and that makes them key to success in modernizing Islam.

For all these reasons and many more, they are our friend in ways that China will never be, and has no intention to be. They do not wish us harm, in fact, just the opposite.

I think it's a preferable deal to any of the others and I hope it proceeds without further delays except to disseminate more information.

[commonerX]

"""No, but China is not our friend in any sense of the word."""

They may no be our friend but they don't have a religious doctrine calling for our death.

"""They are fighting us in world commerce in every market and are showing many signs of beginning a move into Latin America. Not just in commerce, but with large groups of military advisor's and support staffs.""""

All countries fight over world commerce.

"""They are doing exactly what they falsely accuse the U.S. of engaging in, and that would be efforting to control global commerce. They already have a huge leverage on the U.S. and we need not give them any more. They use every bit of leverage they have"""

I agree but I will take a fight over global commerce rather then a fight because I don't have the same beliefs.

"""Lastly, their military expenditures have risen dramatically and they have no other enemy to justify this with. Their enemy therefore, is us.""""

I am not crazy about that either, but any country that doesn't increase its military expenditure allows themselves to be vulnerable to attack buy another country even if it is us they fear.

They have the same fears as any country would with regard to other countries. A powerful military is the best deterrent to being attacked. We would do the same, oops we already did.

"""For all these reasons and many more, they are our friend in ways that China will never be, and has no intention to be. They do not wish us harm, in fact, just the opposite."""

You are living in a dream world if you truly believe that.
I am convinced of one thing if the majority of people start thinking like you we will be a nonexistent country in less then 20 years.