[ninenot]

There is no such thing as a sure thing, but I think the odds favor such an outcome.

You're drinking the KoolAid of Greg Mankiw, who is convinced that "economic ties" prevent wars.

Uh-huh. Remember the American Revolution? Who was the US's MAJOR trade partner at the time?

[Moonman62]

You're drinking the KoolAid of Greg Mankiw, who is convinced that "economic ties" prevent wars.

Never heard of him. We have far more than economic ties such as an overwhelmingly superior military, economic strength, and a world in which Communist regimes have been steadily tumbling over the past 15 years.

Uh-huh. Remember the American Revolution? Who was the US's MAJOR trade partner at the time?

We were their colony. Big difference.