Absolutely true. Most folks won't see past their own nose when it comes to the globalized economy. I don't pretend to be smarter than anyone else, but it seems to me that we help develop many countries and economies that would love nothing more than to destroy America. Whether it's oil/distillates or foreign goods, I can't warm up to the fact that the goods I purchase today may be the reason my son goes to war to defend his country tomorrow. It's a sobering reality for me.
I've got kids too, and I'm not the least bit concerned about China. I've said it before and I'll say it again - Our Military Industrial Complex is chomping at the bit to get a cold war started with China. Every American based company would stand to profit on a new cold war. The Government would then be able to raise taxes without much criticism, and unemployment would be even lower than it is now.
I see a global shell game and we are the ones moving the shells. Lets think about this. If China decides today to start a massive build-up increase production of war machines, dump their devalued currency into R/D for new and improved weapons -all to fight the US - how long would it take to match us? All the while we position, and steadily build up our forces, improve technology, and begin the political and economic sabotage of their country. Finally we do already have dozens of Submarines sitting somewhere out there ready to vaporize any serious threat.
The Chinese need to do things like host the Olympics, and make Plasma TV's. They do not need to engage any Western country just because they want respect. Because as I see it the kind of war everyone here and elsewhere is fomenting, is the kind of war that would make WWII look like a drawn out skirmish. There is a limit to even the most evil of minds to the mass of humanity that can be exterminated in a war.