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Originally posted by Regenmacher
Peacekeeper, or bully is semantics. The biggest stick makes the rules, and you follow the rules or get bonked. Been that way since the dawn of humanity. I have yet to see your world without war. I am talking actualities and not ideologies. So where is this world that is void of Darwinisms or might brings right? When has it ever been?
Better yet, why don't you tell me why Asia and China is servicing our debt only to end up with mountains of paper? Since I already told you why and posted articles to that effect.
Army is already fighting on spent tax money. This is a bankrupt debtor nation, there is no savings or surplus..it's gone. It's called print it up out of thin air and con everyone thinking it has value. Fiat is faith-based currency, you think it really has a value if no one believes it does? What nation is not playing the fiat game?
Originally posted by grimreaper797
so i guess you believe we should stay primitive on an intellectual scale because thats how its always been?
Originally posted by grimreaper797
like i said, so they can control us, and when they decide to make our move, crash us. they are going to crash us and expand. they have to because they simply dont have the land to do otherwise. they cant with us on their back, once we are off then they can expand.
China: Dumping on the Dollar?
The reality is that China is just this side of broke, and an inch away from chaos.
Dissecting the 'Chinese Miracle' -Stratfor
But just like the phoenix, the idea of an inevitable Chinese juggernaut is a myth.
Moreover, Western markets have been at least subconsciously aware of this for a decade. More than half of the $1.1 trillion in foreign direct investment that has flowed into China since 1995 has not been foreign at all, but money recirculated through tax havens by various local businessmen and governing officials looking to avoid taxation. Of the remainder, Western investment into China has remained startlingly constant at about $7 billion annually.
Originally posted by grimreaper797
...that doesnt answer me WHY they are doing this though, which i havent seen you explain to me. if you would with one post explain this fully.
Originally posted by grimreaper797
if other countries dont see it as any worth, we are screwed. why do you think they are afraid of people trading in euros? less faith in the dollar. the value decreases, and if it decreases their, it decreases here. if it decreases here we are gunna be in trouble.
The Myths of The Cheap Yuan -Newsweek
Indeed, only 20 percent of the typical product imported by the United States from China actually represents Chinese value added.
McCain won't rule out military option over Iran
"Every option must remain on the table," McCain told the security conference after Rumsfeld spoke. "There's only one thing worse than military action; that is a nuclear-armed Iran."
Use of force against Iran is on agenda, warns bullish Rumsfeld
"All options - including the military one - are on the table," he told a German newspaper. "Any government that says Israel has no right to exist is making a statement about its possible behaviour in the future."
Ahmadinejad laughs off 'funny' IAEA resolution, condemns 'idiots
"We don't need you. It is you who need the Iranian people. This is the funniest decision I've seen," said the austere president Sunday.