On Jan 31, 1:00*am, jkochko68 wrote:
On Jan 30, 4:59*pm, lil abner wrote: David E. Powell wrote:
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60T07W20100130

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60T07W20100130

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php...56eaae2cdf53db...

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?
id=CNG.eba0f1f44dc56eaae2cdf53db03b2f4e.661&show_a rticle=1

This is a big move, especially as I haven't heard of anything uber
being sold to Taiwan. If it were Arleigh Burkes, F-22s, or High-End
AIP Submarines, maybe, but this is China pushing hard on, well, not
much.

Which we should sell Taiwan as it is an independent country and it
would be far
better for the war to happen sooner rather than latter when China will
be even more
powerful and the U.S. may be less likely to intervene. Allowing
communists to subjugate
a thriving democracy would be a massive setback for the West and
embolden China to make
its next move in dominating the Far East

Agreed. We hav neglected them over the past two decades as China has
modernized. At one time they had a very modern force in comparison,
very specialized, with well trained pilots, sailors and soldiers. I do
not know of the training but their quality and modernity has been
allowed to slip and that is a huge mistake. If DC really wants to
avoid problems in that part of the world it is better to allow sale of
gear that will help stand off a problem from happening, it is a small
investment.

Especially as the tech economy that the US is so dependent on is
anchored firmly in Taiwan, where a HUGE percentage of the world's
electronic components are made.

If China is looking to scramble the US economy this could be part of
the reason. Though a war of sanctions would probably hurt China worse
than the US. Google seems ready to pull out of China over Chinese
gov't interference already and not be the worse for wear over it.

We should not be trading with China to the extent we are when our
southern neighbors are
far closer to us and poor. Lets build up the economy of Mexico through
trade and then we will
help accomplish several goals. Securing our southern border by way of
economic prosperity is just
one.

We are sort of doing that now, our people importing stuff from there,
but not the stuff we want and not funding the people there we would
want to fund.

There's more than one place to buy imports from, yeah. How about some
kind of trade plan involving Haiti and getting industry set up there
and in the Dominican Republic? Honduras and Colombia too.


Americans don't give a rat's hairy posterior what China does. Send
Taiwan 100 billion, in arms gratis.
The Global Merchants and Bankers are calling the shots though

Many of whom are western? Plus the tech industry is a huge component
of the world economy, only an insane person would want to throw that
off kilter.