Posted on 07/06/2007 4:23:33 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Of the former Soviet republics, only Russia has declared itself a Nuclear Weapon State.
If either Kazakhstan or Ukraine had nuclear weapons they would be violating the treaty. While we are all adults here and realize that sometimes countries violate treaties they sign, in this case it seems very unlikely.
WE don’t deserve it.
Do YOU? Do I? Do all the other patriotic Americans who can’t overwhelm the stupid?
Only two things are infinite - the universe and human stupidity. And I’m not sure about the Universe.
Yes. But they are also a command economy. Plus, once the Chinese internal market starts to sustain itself, then what?
I know, the situation is way more complex than the reasoning I’ve proposed. Very interesting times ahead!
they can absorb more damage
Wouldn’t one or two of those former Soviet republics have the facilities and the scientists to whore one out to the terrorists? The number of bombs Ukraine had until 1996 was huge- about 5000 units or so.
I’ve thought since 9/11 that if they were smart, they’d do as many simultaneous attacks as possible on smaller, second and third-tier cities. Hitting NYC and DC is one thing, and certainly bad enough, but it’s very far removed from most of America. Hitting places like Cleveland, Buffalo, Baltimore, Des Moines, Milwaukee, Portland, etc. would be, I think exceedingly frightening in a way that hitting NY, DC and LA might not be.
True enough, but that works both ways. One would assume that China would also try to avoid such a conflict, which would threaten their economic viability. FYI: China holds the world's largest foreign debt, i.e., foreign debt owed to non-residents and repayable in foreign currency.
Wouldn’t an embargo with China instantly cripple the manufacturing base of most companies? Most everything has a ‘made in China’ tag these days.
Maybe, but the world's biggest exporting nations by far are Europe, the US, and Japan. It would not be the end of the world if China were to be taken out of the equation. It would take time to adjust and the global economy would suffer a recession at the very least, but what would happen inside China would be catastrophic.
This Chinese threat will only grow with no one being able to steer or mitigate it.
As I said, it is a two-edged sword. Will China risk its growing prosperity and affluence to pursue policies that could plunge the country into economic ruin and political instability? What is the risk versus the reward?
And Kazakhstan is islamist...
They might opt to hit Middle America - places like Omaha, Wichita, Cincinnati, Denver.
The WE I am referring to is America. If the majority of the people vote for this course of action/policy, then WE deserve to suffer the consequences. I don't agree with the results, but unless we change the Constitution and the way our government works, then we must accept [not without a fight] the results. We must become a majority so we can use the democratic process to change the direction of the country.
Here’s the plan:
Sterilize all Muslims and self-proclaimed liberals.
Arm ourselves.
Yes, valid points there. The situation is complex. Economies today are such that they would avoid a war to prevent a cold. China is also avoiding confrontation... for now.
As for foreign debt, does their holding of over a trillion dollars in foreign exchange help them?
The more I watch “Thunderball” and “True Lies”, it is amazing how Hollywood has provided assistance to these mooslem nutballs. Any city is at risk once within the border. Our Govbernment is very limited on detectin radioactive devices once it is loaded on a small truck the size of these Hicubes rented by Budget, Penske, or Hertz.
Just stay off the Interstates and your choices are unlimited.
Have a nice day.
It helps them by giving them capital to develop their economy. Their foreign debt is about $250 billion and their official reserves are around $625 billion in foreign exchange, SDRs, IMF, and gold at market prices.
...yet another reason to move out of south San Diego County...
I really remember seeing a trillion-plus dollar figure for their FE reserves. Anyway, thanks for the information!
CHINA
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$1.034 trillion (2006 est.)
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ch.html#Econ
“...yet another reason to move out of south San Diego County...
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As though you really needed another reason.
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