[cva66snipe]

ping (pardon any duplicates). This is another occurance right out of the pages of the books which have correctly predicted the rapid rise in Chinese Naval power, thedeveloping ties between India and China, the rise of a belligerent leader in Iran, Chinese ties to that leader, the spreading Chinese influence and collaboration in South America, and the growing economic ties between China and Russia, specifically in Siberia dealing with the natural resources there. I pray we will turn our foreign policy completely around in this area (Bush has made some movement in thios direction ver the last several years, but, IMHO, not nearly enough) and realize that a kingpin behind a lot of the rising resentment and hostility towards the US has China written all over it. In my extimation, we need to treat them, pronto, as Reagan did the Soviets during his day.

M.E. oil dollars going into Russian & China's defense systems will be our ruin if we don't start addressing it ASAP. This isn't a party issue it's an American issue. Their resources combined they are more industrialized {defense wise} than we are now. The missing link was technology which leaders from both parties have been far too reckless with. China is letting Corp USA build their factories. Before anyone speaks about our weapons systems remember this soldiers gotta wear clothes and have gear also. How soon might they be nationalized? Russia on the other hand simply has shuttered factories. They closed them down they didn't tear them down. That's a substantial difference and advantage when a nation gears up for war.

We won WW2 on our resolve as a nation on the Battlefield foremost and our capabilities to churn out on very short notice weapons that were needed from rifles to aircraft carriers. We no longer enjoy that edge. If a person was to do some digging likely all of our defense components are now foreign dependent either on the raw material or manufacturing process. One simple attack could render aircraft carrier production to an impossibility for nearly a decade. We once had 4 such capable yards. Now we have one and this is but one example of our decline.

[appalachian_dweller]

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>> One simple attack could render aircraft carrier production to an impossibility for nearly a decade. We once had 4 such capable yards. Now we have one and this is but one example of our decline. <<

Scary, isn't it? Attack and shutdown our ports and store shelves will go bear in a matter of days triggering massive civil unrest. That thought is also worrisome.