From: Adam Flinton 

Geo wrote:
> "Adam"  wrote in message
> news:42d7c379$1{at}w3.nls.net...
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>>>It has everything to do with it, right now china couldn't do anything
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> that
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>>>would damage the US economy, they are far too invested and far too
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> dependent
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>>>upon our economy. The more the worlds economies get intertwined like
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> this
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>>>the less likely we are to get into wars because of the effects it would
>>>have.
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>>If only that were true. WW1 was a fight over economic power & friction.
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> We didn't have anything near todays level of economic integration back in
> the early 1900's. Just look at the auto industry today.
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Yes we did. True the US was smaller economically & vastly more insular but ....

Adam

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