From: "Gary Wiltshire" 

On Sun, 16 Apr 2006 18:01:57 -0400, Phil Payne
 wrote:

> http://news.ft.com/cms/s/d70e453a-cd8c-11da-afcd-0000779e2340.html
>
> "'We are going to hold them accountable [this] week, and we are going to
> hold them accountable in the future,' said a senior administration
> official."
>
> Let's get this straight.  The USA, running the biggest current account
> deficit in history and with the biggest debts of any nation in history,
> is
> going to "hold accountable" a nation many times its size
with a positive
> trade balance and 10% growth in 1Q06?
>
> The Chinese are known for being inscrutable and polite, but this could
> test
> them more than anything to date.  I hope they can keep straight faces.
>
> I know I couldn't.
>

Oh, you'd rather we went to war?

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Gary Wiltshire

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