[DoodleDawg]

Who has the better relationship with their kids - the parents that allow the kids to walk over them or the ones who insist the kids act right and treat them as young adults, insisting on responsible actions, instead of being so pliable and wishy-washy?

Somehow I don't think that China and Mexico will react well to being treated like our children.

[palmer]

Somehow I don't think that China and Mexico will react well to being treated like our children.

Somehow I don't care.

[trebb]

Somehow I don't think that China and Mexico will react well to being treated like our children.

Missed the point - we've been the lax adults and given them much that hurts us and helps them - they don't respect us for crap.

If we show some balls and insist on deals that are more equitable to us, let them throw their tantrums, then insist again, they will have no choice but to respect us or destroy us - our current methodology makes it more likely they will see weakness enough to leverage the "destroy" meme.