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To: PreciousLiberty
22.5% on Chinese stuff ~ fair compromise. But about "taking the Iraqi oil fields", nothing wrong with that. They weren't doing anything with them and production and fallen off the cliff under Saddam.

We can expand capacity and there'll be more than enough for them and us. Anyone doesn't like it we can handle that ~ mostly through credit squeezes ~ just shut their money off until they squeal.

No violence need ensue.

Trump is telling us that China can no longer be treated like a dirtbag third-world country. It's time to stand up and deal with them like they can pay their own bills. He's also telling us that Iraq can be treated like a third-world country with a worthwhile resource or two.

66 posted on 04/25/2011 2:57:54 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: muawiyah

“No violence need ensue.”

Don’t get me wrong, I like the idea - theoretically.

The problem is that I believe the “America attacked Iraq for oil” propaganda would spew forth, and our terrorist problem would increase tenfold.


73 posted on 04/25/2011 5:30:50 PM PDT by PreciousLiberty
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