tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20417751.post147669255283003025..comments2024-01-22T18:22:29.391-08:00Comments on hedera's corner: Understanding Egypthederahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01696592301686568456noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20417751.post-18606371076770928602013-08-23T20:58:32.024-07:002013-08-23T20:58:32.024-07:00As you can probably tell, I agree completely that ...As you can probably tell, I agree completely that going in and shooting people accomplishes nothing. I agree with you on China; but I was especially interested in this particular post on Egypt because of the background on social media coverage. hederahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01696592301686568456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20417751.post-8864200891173890532013-08-23T10:15:11.175-07:002013-08-23T10:15:11.175-07:00The real threat to America's economic security...The real threat to America's economic security today is China.<br /><br />The challenge to our national well-being no longer presents itself in military terms. We have no immediate interests in any single country in the Near and Middle East. Certainly nothing on the scale of China. <br /><br />China has outmaneuvered us and seized the initiative, out-producing us and throwing us into debt (much of which they hold). Our manufacturing infrastructure has been dismantled, and we can no longer "afford" to conduct open-ended police actions around the world.<br /><br />Our attention now should be directed towards regaining the economic upper-hand. If our nation doesn't prosper, we will simply become a second-rate power--unable either to defend ourselves, or our interests elsewhere. <br /><br />Spending money we no longer have, throwing armies and materiel into sink-holes like Syria or Egypt will yield nothing--just as in Iraq and Afghanistan, where things will soon return to the chaotic disruption that existed before we "intervened." <br /><br />There's a huge scale humanitarian disaster going on in these places, and we might lend a hand with first aid. But beyond that, we must attend to our own needs first. Going in and shooting people accomplishes nothing. Curtis Favillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06213075853354387634noreply@blogger.com