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TM99

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4. And what about the US?

Reply to Yorktown (Reply #3)

Wed May 13, 2015, 06:06 AM

May 2015

Who is going to peacefully and powerfully entice us out of our militaristic & nationalistic mindset?

We spend three times as much as China and seven times as much as Russia in on our military budget.

Some reports show that we spend more than all of the other top 9 beneath us combined.

This is a bullshit reason and is not why the TPP is being proposed.

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President Obama plays the 'China Card'. Is he correct in asserting the U.S. [View all] cali May 2015 OP

As I said this is all about China malaise May 2015 #1

I think it's far more that China is being used as a pretext, a boogeyman cali May 2015 #2

Maybe it's more about China than trade, that's what I was getting from reading jakeXT May 2015 #7

Precisely n/t malaise May 2015 #14

Chinese are smarter than many "democrats".... MaggieD May 2015 #22

I think Obama is 100% correct on the TPP Yorktown May 2015 #3

And what about the US? TM99 May 2015 #4

+1. thanks for making those important points. cali May 2015 #6

Yes, I thought of that objection when typing my previous post Yorktown May 2015 #8

please post some evidence to support this claim: cali May 2015 #11

Kindly do not call my arguments worth zero upfront Yorktown May 2015 #16

Please elaborate on: cali May 2015 #5

Some answers Yorktown May 2015 #10

compared to our military interventions, that's some weak sauce. cali May 2015 #13

You ask too many questions too fast Yorktown May 2015 #19

It may be about China, but maybe not about territorial claims HereSince1628 May 2015 #21

Obama is dead on right about China MaggieD May 2015 #9

Declarative statements without any supporting evidence are as worthless as a scrap cali May 2015 #12

He's still correct on that point MaggieD May 2015 #15

Declarative statements without any supporting evidence are as worthless cali May 2015 #17

So is it secret or not secret? MaggieD May 2015 #18

Cali... C'mon.... That's kinda gross. Adrahil May 2015 #20