[ancient_geezer]

All depends on whether or not the nation has what it needs for survival in the crunch doesn't it.

Time of war, the condition that controls the requirement for independent industrial and resource capacity, is the essential measure.

You figure we have that which necessary to prosecute full scale war of survival replenishing stocks then we have all that is required.

If we don't well guess it won't matter, it will be the conqueror's problem to worry about.

[Toddsterpatriot]

You figure we have that which necessary to prosecute full scale war of survival replenishing stocks then we have all that is required.

I have never said that. All I've said is that those who claim we no longer manufacture anything in the U.S. are off anywhere from $1.62 trillion to $4.3 trillion.

You never did answer, who makes more stuff than we do?