On 2 Apr 2003 at 13:02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > They don't need to match the USA 1:1 for GDP either...just > > production where it counts (military, etc.) - they'll be prefectly > > willing to sacrifice civilian standards of life for tactical > > advantage. > > > > They'll be perfectly willing to TRY. I'm not sure they'll be able to > get away with it for as long as they would need to in order to mount a > serious worldwide challenge. Now, a serious regional challenge (incl., > unfortunately, Taiwan) is another matter. Of course, by that point > they might be bumping heads with India...
Yeah, India is the potential stumbling block. But, there are certainly concessions (terratorial and political) which could be made to India in return for it looking the other way. Andy Dawn Falcon _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
