Since Japan has approximately one tenth the population of China, it's hard
to see how they can hope to remain more powerful.
It was trying to compete in an arms race with a larger competitor that
brought down the Soviets. I can't see the Japanese being similarly
self-deluding.
John
On Sun, 06 Nov 2005 19:22:27 -0000, P. J. Alling
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Nope, they just have an arms race to look forward to, or abdicate their
place as the most powerful country in Asia to China. It's interesting
but the Japanese have been arming Taiwan, (with US help),. quietly for
the last few years, and with the Chinese stepchild of North Korea
rattling it's nuclear saber periodically the Japanese government will
see itself left with few other options, and none they will find
palatable. I don't good will has much to do with national survival.
Even Venezuela , who's current president sees himself as the heir to
Castro, will sell Oil to the US. He needs the money to fund his own
ambitions, good will has nothing to do with it.
William Robb wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: "P. J. Alling"
Subject: Re: The sky is...
The US economy has it's problems but they are fundamentally fewer than
Japans.
Both economies are now dependent on the goodwill of foreign countries
for survival.
The peril of an oil based economy when you haven't enough of it
yourself.
Japan isn't beeing bled to death by an expensive to maintain, and
probably soon to escalate, war.
William Robb
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