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someone explain again why I'm going to PAY a chinese general to tell me how he is going to kick our a$$ ?

It does seem a bit strange, doesn't it? I don't know the outcome. I can go to the local Harbor Freight Tools store and buy decent-quality tools for dirt-cheap, if I want. Proudly made in China. Drill press for 40 bucks. If it was US-made, probably three times that price. So I don't know how this is going to turn out. We're either going to, by this process, infiltrate their system with freedom, a tide they will not be able to turn back, or we're selling them the rope to hang us with. I don't know.

sounds like this may be a book bush and rumsfeld(field) oughta read...we have accepted the bullchit about our being a super power...much less the one superpower...we believe that because we have a bunch of electronic gadgets(russia may have even more) and more nuke tipped icbms than anyone except probably russia...and we dare not use them...hell, if we ever use even BATTLEFIELD nukes, we could touch off world war III or IV, depending on your perspective...someone please remind me what else makes us the only super power or A superpower...as this article points out we are, in some areas, very vulnerable and things are shaping up to look as if we could be attacked from many directions at the same time...face it...most countries seem to be anti-American...not even neutral...the superpower crap won't be worth a damn if all of our vulnerabilities are exploited by china, n. korea, syria(who may have THE bomb), iran, iraq, et. al. at the same time...even if we survive and "win"(doubtful)...how many millions of lives will our vulnerabilities cost us while "winning"...superpower my arse!...

"bump ... someone explain again why I'm going to PAY a chinese general to tell me how he is going to kick our a$$ ?"

So borrow a copy from your library. If they don't have it, get them to get it through Interlibrary Loan.