[the_french_gynecologist]

patriot act schedule II (if you love american then you won't mind dying in iraq/korea/afghanistan... unless you're a communist, or a terrorist, or a bothist)

they'll definitely be short on troops when china and n. korea get their act together

i doubt very much the chinese and n. koreans are just going to sit there tinkering with their dysfunctional hydro dams and nuclear plants while haliburton begins pumping oil and gas to south east asia for cash on the dollar

all likelihood the north will grab south korea and japan will be threatened with nuclear leverage to remain neutral... ergo no air bases for american intervention... china will grab taiwan and america will be able to do nothing about it unless they have 5 million men to spare or are willing to risk a nuclear retaliation

with no friendly customers in asia to sell the oil bushco will have to negotiate anyway if they want to sell their now worthless oil

[monkeywrench]

How is the north going to "grab" South Korea? I don't think so.

[Lead Moderator]

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