[FreeReign]

[EGPW]:Nothing can stop them but the fall of the USA economic system which is the integral part that maintains their optimistic growth outlook. D@mn, that puts them in a "catch22" situation doesn't it?

[Quix]:They are quite confident that the rest of the world will come to China for goodies to more than replace the buying power of the USA. And, certainly they have made plenty of 'preliminary' political enroads and various liasons with Europe as well as South America.

The world is changing. Quix, I think your response to the prevailing wisdom is a legitimate one.

[Quix]

Thanks for your kind words.

I wish I were going to be wrong about it. Just too many puzzle pieces and data points from my collection assert that I'm much more likely to be more right than wrong.