"Don White" wrote in message
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"HarryKrause" wrote in message
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The PRC is a far bigger threat to the existence of the United States
than Iraq, Iran, and Syria combined. But Bush isn't going to threaten
the PRC with a sword, because the Chinese would laugh at us.


The US could easily flatten China, but you'd be back to that old MAD
scenario. So unless George W can promise a quick trip to heaven and a
dozen
or so virgins per man..... it a no win situation.

SDI is our ace in the hole...and we're getting closer to perfecting it. You
are correct that the old MAD scenario will rear its ugly head again...this
time, with China. But if China is convinced that any ICBMs launched at the
US would be intercepted before they made landfall, they'd be a lot more
receptive to the threat of any military pressure from the US.