OK, but if you drive around with no spare and have a blowout 20 miles outside of Fresno......... I simply don't see where "political unity and economic growth" are issues. Not talking about protecting whole industries, just parts of any that we would need in an emergency. In case we need them if a war breaks out and we cannot wait to redevelop them, which could take months or even years. With "spares" in place the only task would be expansion to necessary capacity ; the expertise would be available. This is entirely consistent with thoughtful "scenarios, realistic analyses, and balanced strategies." No idea where you see serious problems arising. We have no such problems with, say, the strategic petroleum reserve, and that is the basic idea. The oil industry does quite well and has no complaints. Billy ============================== 4/30/2012 2:31:56 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
Hi Billy, Sent from my iPhone On Apr 30, 2012, at 12:22, [email protected] wrote: > Therefore a spare tire for consumer electronics, transformers, > and everything else that we would need if, say, a Chinese collapse > results in large scale war, or turmoil in the Mid East if Israel is hit > by Iranian rockets and a war like 1973 breaks out --to use just > two examples. > > Spare tire : Don't leave home without it. The problem is that everything has tradeoffs. Saving electronic transformers may not be worth it if it costs political unity and economic growth. We need robust scenarios, realistic analyses, and balanced strategies. Justifying policy by accusing opponents of ignoring "national security interest" is the opposite of that. :-) E -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org
