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Giving them a path into the first world also benefits us.

Giving?!? What,pray tell, are we giving them? I thought we were just free trading. Now you say we are giving them something? Huh. If what we are giving them are American jobs, I'll keep the jobs, thank you.

Out greatest goal in this new kind of war is to unify the world in recognition of good and evil.

Ha! Ha! You should hear what the average Chinese person has to say about America and Americans ("Americans", to a Chinese person, means white person from America). They recognize evil alright, but not in the way you might like. Evil to them is George Bush. To them, the "best president" was Clinton, even though he bombed their embassy. Sad to say, but it is a fact. Yep, we give them our manufacturing base, they hate Bush and the Republicans. Sounds like a fair trade to me.

"Since the founders of our Republic saw the wisdom of granting congress the power to levy tariffs and excise taxes … Are you saying the founders were protectionist?"

Then your accusation implies that you think that any potential abuse of Congress’s power to wage war makes the founding fathers aggressors, and abuse of the “general welfare” and the “interstate commerce” clauses makes the founding father’s socialist. Brilliant…

"But don't come around here lecturing the rest of us about freedom to choose"

Say the same to the minority if we turn into another social democracy after we elects to tax us to the verge of economic stagnation. Judges found it constitutional, so it must be proper by your reasoning.

" our independence and security, which is rooted in our manufacturing base. "

Nonsense, our independence and security is rooted in our freedom and courage to defend it from shortterm gain. If you believe that the “highest paid jobs are going overseas” you’re falling for the deception of our political opposition.

" What,pray tell, are we giving them? "

Opportunity to compete. A few contracts. Lets see if they can complete them.

" Ha! Ha! You should hear what the average Chinese person has to say about America and Americans "

I wonder if they “average Chinese person” could distance himself from his emotions long enough to see that this thread is about India and Taiwan, not China which is a different issue. If so, you could learn something from him.