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Bucky

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13. If the US withdrew from the Pacific, those goods wouldn't be so cheap

Reply to Robb (Reply #10)

Tue Dec 27, 2011, 12:56 PM

Dec 2011

If China, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, Indonesia, and other trading partners started building up their navies in the power vacuum left by American withdrawal, there would be a massive redirection of national resources to military and naval expenditures throughout the Pacific Rim. To those who think that war is always a waste of resources, you would see a tremendous example supporting your beliefs in the Far East. Even if war never came, the diversion of wealth out of civilian pursuits and into military power would impact the prices of everything we bought from that section of the world.

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Okinawa Governor wants US base moved out [View all] NNN0LHI Dec 2011 OP

+1 n/t doc03 Dec 2011 #1

I'm with him too. MoonRiver Dec 2011 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author Obamanaut Dec 2011 #3

I think we should close almost all US military bases MineralMan Dec 2011 #4

Not a good development. America's navy really needs operating bases in eastern Asia Bucky Dec 2011 #5

With our war record in the Middle East and elsewhere? RC Dec 2011 #6

The United States and peacful inetent in the same sentence. sarcasmo Dec 2011 #7

Glad to give you a giggle Bucky Dec 2011 #16

Why should the US people pay to patrol the Pacific Ocean? You haven't made your case. nt Romulox Dec 2011 #8

How else can we enjoy our cheap goods? Robb Dec 2011 #10

"Externalities" (e.g. a massive military shield) give a bogus sense of "cheap". It's not "cheap" Romulox Dec 2011 #11

If the US withdrew from the Pacific, those goods wouldn't be so cheap Bucky Dec 2011 #13

I think reality makes the case. Bucky Dec 2011 #12

I agree with you d_r Dec 2011 #14

I notice you didn't mention the interests of the AMERICAN PEOPLE once in your lengthy response! nt Romulox Dec 2011 #15

Sorry, somehow I deleted that paragraph Bucky Dec 2011 #17

Your answer is contradictory. How can a "huge black hole of lost commercial productivity" be a boon? Romulox Dec 2011 #19

Don't make me laugh. The Japanese people will never agree to allow the US to leave Japan. Romulox Dec 2011 #9

For anyone wanting to know why read "Blowback" by Chalmers Johnson. I totally agree. jwirr Dec 2011 #18