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Originally posted by Well
Aren't we selling them the B-2 stealth tech?
Maybe that just means we have something better and need to fund it somehow
Originally posted by silent thunder
The other thing is that I think China is staffed with legions of IT experts who know very well how to hack into public and private US networks and they also have a military dept dedicated to "cyber warfare." I am sure they are studying carefully or already know how to cripple vast civilian and military IT systems, screw around with financial computing systems, etc.
Originally posted by cloakndagger
It might be in an effort to get China to buy more of our debt. We are so far in debt and addicted to it that we need another hit. We are like crack addicted whores to debt.
We suck you long time China..please help us!!!!
It is unthinkable that China would bail on the U.S. considering the relationship is so codependent, because China thrives on U.S. trade and consumption of their manufactured goods. Not to mention that China, along with many other countries, indirectly pays the U.S. to be the “Leviathan”, policing the world to ensure stability. China buys our bonds and we make sure rogue states stay in line.
The U.S. military budget is at approximately $636 billion in 2009, which is more than the rest of the world combined. It's double the total military spending of the EU, and is just under 10 times the size of China’s military expenditures – although China’s military spend has been growing rapidly, relatively speaking. The U.S. indeed monitors the world with nearly 1,000 military facilities in 46 countries and territories - like some ubiquitous goliath maintaining world order.
Originally posted by SLAYER69
Here's an interesting perspective. I thought I throw it in.
China to surpass U.S. in manufacturing by 2015 on road to Empire
Originally posted by SLAYER69
reply to post by Ex_MislTech
It seems the only real obvious way to make a living would be investing in these large internationals. That's a really sad proposition. Invest on foreign production that works against our own sectors just to make some money.