AlbertWesker[RE] wrote:
cpt.fass1 wrote:
1) China has a better military and econimy then us now, what makes us number 1?
3) and we have a resonable high rate of homeless people on our streets. How long untill we have 5% rich people and 95% poor? What is your point if you don't wake up and relize how much our econimy is based on trade with other country's and call for change we're screwed..
4) I'm trying to figure out what our exports are. Iraq has oil and that's where money comes in what do we export to other country's?
1) You've got to be kidding me, they have more numbers but they do not have the same amount or capability in planes, ships, and armor. Not even close.
3) HAHAHAHA reasonably high? Compared to what? Look at the homeless rates of other countries, look at the poverty lines there relative to ours. We're damned lucky to live in such a good country such as ours.
4) Among other things....we export oil. (We're ranked third in exports (guess who's fourth, China, and not just by a little bit, we export, on avg, 250 billion dollars worth of goods more than China.) hmmmm.
1) China has no proper navy. They are refitting a carrier at a dry dock in Dalian and have commissioned a new fleet of carriers to project Chinese military power around the world, but they're not done yet and won't be for some years. Their airforce is also in the process of being massively modernised with many 100s of J-10s, J11s and the new J-XXs to add to their large but outdated airforce - they also have (in Taiwan) a number of F-16s and Mirages.
There is no way the US could invade China though. Never fight a land war in Asia - wars in these giant countries don't work - as anyone who's ever tried to invade Russia will tell you.
3) Poverty in the US compared to places like China, erm.... Compared to many places in Europe the US doesn't look too great but oon a world scale, the US is definately up there.
4) What do you export. Mostly not stuff. I don't really understand the whole US exporting oil thing - I know it happens and that the US has huge oilfields, but why do the US import so much oil as well then - it doesn't make sense to me - maybe it's different grades of oil for different things, but I don't know.
The main exports from the US are films, tv, software, technology designs, medicines and other intellectual property.
*edit* US oil consumption is nearly triple it's production levels, I don't believe the US export ANY oil, let alone are the 3rd largest exporter of it - maybe 3rd largest producer.
How do YOU know for SURE that Iraq had NOTHING to do with 9/11, that is my ONE and ONLY question to you. Lets see if you can answer it.
Well, Bush has said that Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11. But his opinion doesn't mean much. I could direct you to clips of him saying it if you don't believe me.
Last edited by Bertster7 (2006-08-25 07:10:45)