"Gernot Hassenpflug" wrote in message
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"George" writes:

"john" wrote in message
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David E. Powell wrote:
Thought folks might want to know about this one.

http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewnews.html?id=1188

Chinese Test Anti-Satellite Weapon
By Craig Covault, Aviation Week & Space Technology, Cape Canaveral
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
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Shouldn't be a problem since Globalist George and his Buds said we can
do
business with them.
Americans are paying for the Communist Chinese advances in Military
capabilities.
I wonder if they will demand we turn over America to them to redeem all
those Dollars they hold or if they will demand the surrender of America
for the Communist cause?

Not to worry. Since they've tied their economy to our markets (yes,
they
are still our markets), the first time they take out one of our
staellites,
their economy will go belly up. And I don't think the Chinese are that
stupid.

Certainly they are not stupid, Asian civilizations have a long culture
of valuing education and learning from the past. However, I don't
think your comment about "belly up" is valid. There are too many
parameters involved in turning an economy belly-up. And since China's
economy is still *not* an export-reliant industry, like for example
Japan's, export restrictions will probably not have terrible effects
(just my opinion too, BTW, not criticizing your view as wrong, I just
don't give it the same probability). Model results would help I
suppose. Another thing is that China holds a vast stock of US treasury
bills, much as does Japan. That's "tying" the US economy to China and
Japan, as much as US markets tie their conomies to the US.

Oh I agree completely with that assessment. But China now has something it
has wanted for a very long time - a western-style economy. Too many have
made too much money from it to want to see it rolled back, in IMHO. I just
don't see them using this new weapon in any meaningful way in the near
future, least of all against the U.S. I do see them saber-rattling at
Taiwan, and I think that that is where the threat truly lies, if there is
one.

George