From: "Gary Wiltshire" 

On Mon, 18 Jul 2005 06:03:20 -0400, Adam Flinton
 wrote:

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

No we didn't.  My last car has a Japanese nameplate and was built in the US
with parts from the Americas, Europe and Asia (not just Japan).  Taking
junked cars apart with a flashlight and a magnifying glass is fascinating
nowadays.

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Gary Wiltshire

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