Re: America Wounded Bashes China

On Fri, 29 Jun 2007 12:31:08 -0700, mark.evins@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

It may not be.
China is swiftly becoming a threat in that their demands for oil are
ever increasing (as are ours) and the world supply cannot keep up with
either of us for much longer, much less both.
It's rapidly becoming a situation analogous to two people who both
want the same toy at the same time, and it's the only one available.
One of 'em is gonna try to push the other one away and dominate the
toy.
Pipelines are being built, agreements are being made and strategies
are being implemented which all hinge on economic and energy needs,
the fullfillment of those needs, and the security of those needs in
the relatively short to mid term (i.e. the next 10 to 50 years).
Russia may be entering the fray by making claims on the arctic,
but China holds lots and lots of american debt which can cause immense
harm if they should decide to dump dollars and pick up euros (or,
perhaps, yen)

Ever have one of your creditors sell your debt to a different
company who arbitrarily changes the interest and fee schedule on you?
Think of that in terms of Trillions of dollars.


You will find this article very relevant to your concerns.


A pipeline into the heart of Europe
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Central_Asia/IF30Ag01.html

Russian President Vladimir Putin, a published expert in judo, has used
his skills to throw the US off balance in the competition for energy.
In the past few weeks he has defeated all Western-backed projects to
bring gas from Central Asia into Europe, and now he is aiming at the
Balkans. As any judo expert can confirm, brute force is not required.
The bigger they are, the harder they fall. - M K Bhadrakumar (Jun 29,
'07)



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