Ruby
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Come on now, no more propaganda!
Iran will not be able to hit our naval targets. They might boast they have capabilities, but they have very little they could do.
Iran won't attack the Saudis or UAE. They might hit targets in Israel or Iraq, but the Saudis and UAE and Kuwaitis are safe.
Oil prices will take a hit you are correct on that.
China has stronger economic ties with American, they will sit still and criticize from their high horse.
Russia will do the same!
Paulitics pointed out the serious Irony here...on one hand you seem to think of them as quite powerless but then justify an invasion on the notion that they are so dangerous? I think you are the one full of propaganda.
I like how you just "know" what Iran will do....how are you so "in the know" aobut Iran heh? Lets remember we already backed a war against Iran via Iraqs invasion and Iran took a surprise attack and STILL COULD NOT BE BEATEN.
Iran is more capable than Iraq and Afghanistan put together yet we cant take either nation.
China dosent have more ties with us really, China thinks more long-term than we do. We dont supply them oil. China is now starting to COMPETE with the US for oil supplies and isnt about to allow the US to control its supply via controlling the resources and nations that it gets oil from.
China also is looking at other nations who are developing and becoming major markets for them and can replace the US markets and have higher populations. In the end, its not worth it for China to stick with the US and our dismal policies that just cant sustain over any long term.
China has already gotten rid of more of its US dollars and coverted them to Euros and the fact that they are doing it slowly should scare the US. It means they are making sure to get their value for them and insulating themselves for some sort of future crash....and since they now have the power to make it crash, well, it dosent take a rocket scientist to figure it out.
http://moneynews.newsmax.com/money/archives/articles/2006/11/10/163622.cfm
Money News readers will recall that China on Tuesday reported that they have accumulated a record sum of $1 trillion in foreign reserves and reported a record-high trade surplus for October. The country said today that it expects its trade surplus for 2006 to total $150 billion.
Of China's cash coffers, Money News wrote, "That's significant because it means that if China decided to sell off any of its reserves by dumping say U.S. dollars on the market and buying gold instead, the dollar's value would likely tumble."
And that's exactly what's happening: China is preparing to sell off some of its dollar reserves so that it can diversify into other currencies and investments.
"[Diversification] includes currencies, investment instruments, including emerging markets," he told Reuters.
The dollar tumbled to a two-month low on the remarks. Gold and other precious metals rallied. However, when Reuters asked if the diversification plan included gold, Zhou said, "That's a separate thing."
Zhou said that key factors in China's diversification plan were liquidity, safety, and efficiency.
They are already preparing to insulate themselves to weather a collapse of the US. They will feel an impact to be sure (as the rest of the world will as well) but its an impact they CAN survive ok AND its a better bet than allowing the US to control the globes resources and keeping everyone else on their knees. NO nation forsees being at the mercy of the US as a GOOD PROSPECT for their economy.
We dont provide Russia ANY incentive to be on our side or to stay out of it, in fact we provide incentive for them to oppose us really.