--- David Brin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is coldwar thinking. Not 21st Century > thinking.
No, it's _knowledgeable_ thinking. It's thinking, period, actually. > > For you to ignore the incredibly profitable and cozy > arms relationship between Russia and China right > now, > by the way, is staggering. It's the biggest flow on > the planet and they together form a fantastically > formidable threat. One that was only a simmer till > W > came along. Well, Dr. Brin, one of us spent a year working on Russian economic development at the Kennedy School of Government, and the other one of us...didn't. So I don't think I'm ignoring it. I know what's going on in it. I've talked to people in the Russian government about it. And I know that the reason they're doing it is because they're frighteningly desperate for cash and that's the only way they can get it. That the Rusisan military has told the Kremlin, these are the weapons that the Chinese are going to use to attack us, and been told in response that if they _don't_ sell those weapons, then the factories will have to shut down. Aside from which, armies are more than weapons. But, to put the disparity in context, _if_ the Chinese actually manage to buy the weapons they are planning on buying, then by 2015 they will have approximately 400 fourth-generation military aircraft. That should prepare them _really well_ to face the United States' esimated 3500 _fifth_ generation aircraft at the same point in time. Facts are facts. ===== Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Freedom is not free" http://www.mukunda.blogspot.com _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! http://vote.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
