[IronJack]

Can anyone doubt that this is simply another maneuver in the economic war against the United States? If we were fighting on a battlefield, our generals would reinforce, flank, hold, something. But since there are no bullets flying, we stand here helpless while our economic sovereignty is assaulted as surely as the British stormed Breed's Hill.

Worse yet, this is all being done using our own money. The trillions of petrodollars we send overseas, combined with the billions we send to China in trade, have created an international fund available to our sworn enemies to use against us. The Arabs, the Chinese, and now (it would appear), the Russians, plus the various noisy satellites of Marxism around the world are all uniting to erode our dominance.

First, we need to pull the plug on China. Stop trade altogether. Second, we need an energy policy that does NOT rely on Mideast oil. And third, we need to quit apologizing for being successful and be confident in protecting our own interests.

In other words, we need Ronald Reagan's America back.

[buwaya]

“our economic sovereignty is assaulted “

You (and all the other protectionists) sound just like the post-colonial Leninists I used to argue with back in the third world. They were wrong, thoroughly and completely, their arguments have been crushed by reality and subsequent events in hundreds of natural economic experiments around the world.

This entire world-view is completely mistaken.