But like I said, this was just one guy speculating.
I tend to agree with your statement. As for competing with China, doesn't Bush realize that it was the Clinton Administration and his own administration that have made China the economic threat that it is? Bush is truely clueless if he doesn't realize this. China is a military and economic threat to America because of the treasonous and greedy American politicians that have created it.
As for the EU, Bush should realize it exists because America is wasting 100 billion dollars/year on Nato to defend Europe against nothing. Meanwhile, the EU wages an economic war against us while the stupid American politicians force Americans to foot the EU's defense bill. Not to mention the ridiculous legal actions and trade restraints the EU has imposed on American businesses.