Posted on 03/02/2007 6:25:08 AM PST by pissant
Not usually on computer this early but a while ago I e-mailed Laura Ingraham information on Hunter's China trade policy.
Laura & Bill Gertz have been on this big time and to remind her Hunter is on the same page
I pray to god this guy is our next president. The primaries will be tough. He could be a figure against the chicoms like Reagan was to the soviets. It would be the right man at the right time.
Wrong our ICBM's and SLBM have inertial,steller,and gps navigation. We can still nuke accuratly any country on earth without gps. Or dont you remeber the world befor gps when we still had ICBM"s and SLBM's. Trust me they cant cripple our nukes if the knock out our gps.
Again, I'm no "apologist", but we do have to be realistic about the progress that China has made and recognize that since 1975 (Nixon/Kissenger) it's made huge leaps economically and in just about every other way, and that's not going to stop any time soon.
Like any American I'm concerned about the future vis a vis China, but I think the task is to discover a way to live with it harmoniously rather than to be afraid of its success.
That's just being realistic.
Thanks for the dose of reality. I had a hard time believing we'd be that dumb. The russians could surely take out a satellite for some time now.
Peace through strength.
I think the most apt description is, "intentionally two-faced". Don't remember the author, but the book, "The Two Faces of China" gives a good insight into the Chinese psyche. They want to control the world. I didn't say "conquer" - there's a difference. The Middle Kingdom mentality says China is divinely entitled to have everyone else defer to it, AND show that deference. This isn't a matter of international economics or anything else except a national psyche that demands obeisance.
Well .. Hunter is not the first person to notice China.
Bill Gertz wrote a book, "ENEMIES: How America's Foes Steal Our Vital Secrets - and How We Let It Happen".
This is just so great! People respond to true conservatives .. everytime! I love making a total fool out of the drive-by and those who say "he can't", or "nobody knows who he is".
WELL .. THEY DO NOW!!! Go Duncan!!
When are some conservatives going to understand how important appeal (and PR) are? It was clear to many of us in college.
There was a thread last night that said he was speaking at 8:30 am this morning.
That would have been 5:30 am this morning in CA - so I missed it. But .. check the C-SPAN schedule - they might be showing him later on - because he placed so high in the straw poll.
"Honest, your Honor, the Chinaman held a gun to my head and made me shop at Walmart!"
Excuse me .. have you ever met Duncan Hunter - one on one ..??
I'll guess you have not.
So .. until you have .. don't say he has no charisma .. because you've never been in the same room with him. He's very warm and personable .. but when he was the chairman of the Armed Forced Committee .. he was one tough cookie.
When are liberals (like you) going to understand that Hillary is DEATH to this country. Good grief .. didn't her scum of a husband do enough damage to this country to suit you people ..??
The average American has no idea what China is up to. Someone has to tell them. That simeone is a Caongressman and future President. They may not want to hear the truth about China's aggressive policy of trying to de-industrialize the US, buy hey, they are going to hear about it now.
BTW, Hu is in a lip lock with Chavez right now.
****So .. until you have .. don't say he has no charisma .. because you've never been in the same room with him. He's very warm and personable .. but when he was the chairman of the Armed Forced Committee .. he was one tough cookie. ***
Absolutely correct on both counts. I have met him and found him to be warm and personable in every way. He's a large man - and he is definitely a "presence."
He was GREAT as Chairman of the Armed Services Committee.
I said nothing about Hunter's political concerns merely that he has shown he knows little or nothing about the international monetary system. China cannot manipulate currency values over the long haul.
He simply does not know what he is talking about in that regard and revealing his ignorance of the subject won't help his campaign.
Doesn't stop them from doing over the short haul, say the last 7 years.
Dear angkor,
"Like any American I'm concerned about the future vis a vis China, but I think the task is to discover a way to live with it harmoniously rather than to be afraid of its success."
I agree with you, believe it or not.
Yet, in our efforts to live harmoniously with other nations, we can't permit them to take advantage of us. More to the point, if it requires some confrontation with China to avoid permitting them to become the world hegemon, so be it.
Right now, as far as I can tell, we're just laying down and for the sake of "harmony," letting them walk all over us.
That is alarming.
sitetest
China cannot artifically peg an exchange rate. It has a weak currency because of the high inflation rate in China not currency manipulation.
A look at the history of these matters (or a text dealing with International Monetary economic say Heller's) will reveal that when a nation tries to do this it becomes subject to the countervailing forces of the speculators who realize that the fundamentals in the money markets are what is driving the value and they take the other side.
Look at Soros vs the British pound during the early nineties, and the Bank of England is a far more experienced and talented operator than China, his actions forced the government to drop attempts to manipulate the value of the pound (or disguise its weakness might be more accurate).
China could just remove the surplus dollars from the market which would strengthen them and reduce the value of its currency but that would be very costly and no guarantee. It could flood the market with its currency to depress its value but that would create even more inflation which it is currently trying to slow. It could buy US bonds but that would lower US interest rates and the value of the dollar which would in turn INCREASE China's currency's value and they don't want that.
Hunter needs to speak with someone knowledgeable in this matter unless he is just indulging in rhetoric to fire up his followers.
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