Martin Hotze opined

On Sun, 21 Aug 2005 12:54:04 GMT, Doug Carter wrote:

I suppose the response will be that the peaceful Chinese are just
defending themselves against the U.S. imperialist running dogs

I won't say that the Chinese are the best people on the world, but I also
won't say this about Americans. And we here aren't Saints, too.

hm, they (China) spend only 1% more than the USA.
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/.../2034rank.html

China as seen in the CIA Factbook:
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/...k/geos/ch.html

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/.../2067rank.html
Rank Order - Military expenditures - dollar figure
Rank 1 United States $ 370,700,000,000 date: March 2003
Rank 2 China $ 67,490,000,000 date: 2004

compared to a per capita expense .. well :-)
you must be afraid of something.

China is getting rapidly wealthier. Chinese military spending is rising
rapidly. The quality of the Chinese military is rising even faster.

China is pursuing a noisy and aggresively expansive foreign policy.

In a generation the Pacific rim will be a very dangerous place.

The money is better spent on other items in your household.

Like, say, defending Europe?


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