[dragnet2]

So, you like the Communist Chinese...OK, I can deal with that. We've got all kinds of illegal alien sympathizers, so no biggy. Nothing surprises me anymore.

Got a question for ya:

Are suggesting your good friends the Communist Chinese, are not a direct, growing threat to the United States?

Yes or no?

[ponder life]

I never said I like the Communist Chinese. I am merely saying, in regards to this thread, that the aircraft carrier is the desire of the people of China, not just the government. And for a nation the size of China, to have an aircraft carrier is not an unreasonable goal. Brazil and Thailand both have aircraft carriers.

And given China's growing economic clout, it is not unreasonable for her to have up to a half dozen. China's GDP is larger than France and the UK combined. Yet between the two of them, they have a combined four aircraft carriers. By the end of this decade, China's GDP is likely to be the same size of the US and yet won't have anywhere near 11 Nimitz class carriers, but maybe 3-4 Varag size carriers instead.

So, my answer is, YES, China is NOT a direct and growing threat to the US. I thought my position was clear, but if you want me to outright state it, I'm doing it now. China is not a threat to the US.