[CobaltBlue]

Sure, we could shut the doors, and give up importing and exporting commodities and finished goods, not to mention the free flow of information, technology, and financial instruments.

No oil? No problem!

No foreign made goods? More for Americans.

We don't need to import no stinking chromium, cobalt, manganese, aluminum, nickel, we'll do without!

[durasell]

I've been secretly hoarding coltan for just such an eventuality!

[WhiteGuy]

Sure, we could shut the doors, and give up importing and exporting commodities and finished goods, not to mention the free flow of information, technology, and financial instruments.

No oil? No problem!

No foreign made goods? More for Americans.

We don't need to import no stinking chromium, cobalt, manganese, aluminum, nickel, we'll do without!



I think you're exxaggerating just a tad.

Trade goes on as usual, the USA is THE #1 market in the world for all the goods and services you just mentioned.

You'd have to produce some very reliable and objective studies be fore you could put forth a truly convincing argument that everyone in the world would try to manage NOT selling to the US.

The premise is simple:

Until the "War on Terror" is won, The United States will not permit foreign tourism, work permits, students, or even diplomats on our soil.

I think there might be some increased interest in some parts of the world to step up and really do something to end the "war on terror," don't you?