OK, let's see if I can do this without a ton of "backreading:,,,,,,

If "push came to shove" as far as China is concerned, I think we would win. Yes, I believe we could do it but it would depend on who is making the decisions. For example, if we had say a "Clinton" in office, NO. We would stand around playing grab ass until the first Chinese nuke leveled a coastal city then we would end up as strat mentioned. Now, if we had a "Reagan" at the helm (please see Lybia for example) we would stomp the rice out of that place before the first junk could leave port.

As I have said MANY times before, I am not interested in the "little guy". Capitalsim works. It is profitable. It has made me a very comfortable old man and that is that. All of this whining about the poor little countires that get taken advantage of by the big, mean US...BAH!! Too friggin bad! Quit your whining and develop "the bomb"..Israel did!! HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Oh boy! I can smell the smoke coming out of strat's ears..) HAAAHAHAHAHAAA!!!!!!

Finally, you cannnnnnnucks have land that is nothing but a place that we use to keep the cold! HA!!!!!!!! And the French ARE there and they DO push you guys around! How embarrassing must THAT be?? Some little frenchie in a beret with one of those tiny, pencil mustaches ordering you guys around ....HAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA!!!  "Mon fi, geet mee a Pepsee avec a moooose saaanweeech!! Oh, aaan don't forgeeet zee FRENCH fries..." BWAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAAAAAA!!!!!!