RE TAKING HARDER STANCE TOWARD CHINA EDITORIAL NYT G20 AMERICA SHOULD HAVE SMELLED THE COFFEE 50 YEARS AGO NO EMBARGO NO CURRENCY OPTIONS OPEN

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

RE TAKING HARDER STANCE TOWARD CHINA EDITORIAL NYT G20 AMERICA SHOULD HAVE SMELLED THE COFFEE 50 YEARS AGO NO EMBARGO NO CURRENCY OPTIONS OPEN

"This administration came in with one dominant idea: make China a global partner in facing global challenges,” said David Shambaugh, director of the China policy program at George Washington University. “China failed to step up and play that role. Now, they realize they’re dealing with an increasingly narrow-minded, self-interested, truculent, hyper-nationalist and powerful country.”

In 2010, 2010, they realize the're dealing with.........

Ridiculous, really. Anyone with just a smidgen of history can see what a truly pathetic situation this is, and will be.

The US off shored most if its bric a brac and much other manufacturing over there, to its 'strategic' partner.

What could make anyone think that other Asian spaghetti republics would be closer to the US? Only a delusional diplomatic mind set.

And when one reads such as:

'this administration came in with one dominant idea............................'

it says something about the simplicity, paucity, and narrowness, of ideas at the diplomatic and political top.

Hello: guess what America also is:

'a narrow-minded, self-interested, truculent, hyper-nationalist and powerful country'.

All that Cobdenist peace loving free trade development, throughout Asia, is now coming home to roost.

Who do you think their new economic and military rival will be; might it be their favorite erstwhile peaceful trading partner?

Wonder how that happened, not enough open markets for them? Not enough technology transfer, or joint projects? Not enuf lazy fare?

What is a 'harder stance', imposing 'sanctions', e.g. say reducing the ENORMOUS trade deficit with China by, say .5%?

Embargo? How do you embargo your major source of goods?

Another good question:

How do you slap the hand that is feeding you?

What military options are open to a country which has blithely placed its manufacturing sources in the home of its new enemy?

See some prior posts re fattening things up, Trading Places, Trading American Interests, Japan Who Governs, Thurston Robert Macaire Howell, lazy fare, laissez faire, CIVILIZATIONAL ADVANTAGE, and various cartoon mises en scene, etc.

Things may be heating up, as I had poetically taken a wild guess, along with Rumpole, ..........no birds,

No vember.

In geopolitical, civilizational, terms, which I have used before, which even many Americans can kindof understand,

'Game Over'.