Will Europe or IndoChina ever fight us with their militaries?

[Deja Q]

Poll question: Will Europe or IndoChina ever fight us with their militaries?

[Maple]

1. No

and without any qualifiers.

[bpilgrim]

2. they will smartly only use their proxies

until the last moment

peace

[Maple]

3. There is no danger

of war from Europe or China.

[Deja Q]

4. Bushiekins says he'll default on the debt. Guess who is owed $8 trillion?

India, China, Europe... Saudi Arabia... SA and China each have big stakes in the American economy. They'll be rather angry if the US says "We won't pay you back, so sod off", regardless of how nice they try to say it? They'd declare bankruptcy to get the Chinese and the others off their backs.

As American banks are no longer friendly with their customers, I don't see why the Chinese or anyone else would be friendly to the US. Do you?

Bush has already said last week about those guaranteed bonds that aren't seemingly so guaranteed anymore.

[Maple]

9. Bush won't do that either

Nor would it work.

Not only would no one lend you any money ever again, but there are enormous American assets around the world for 'in lieu of' payments.

Major US companies in China alone would not be happy with Mr Bush

[bpilgrim]

11. there is great danger of war from the US though

and there is certainly many areas of friction over competition for OIL to recognize the GREAT DANGER that exists for wars between the great powers today.

peace

[Lost147]

5. knowing China it'll find a cheaper solution to it's goals than war NT

NT

[clem_c_rock]

6. No Empire's ever been permanent - we will implode from w/in

As did Russia. It's funny - we're like a giant on a tightrope. It could take a mouse to push us off.

All they have to do is sit back while we spend every bit of money on our military, and then at the last minute, drop our currencies and we're pushed into 3rd world wasteland w/ a massive military w/ no gas to drive it.

[Deja Q]

7. And if that's the case, protect your car and the 5 gallons left in it.

5 gallons means 110 miles for me. I wonder how others will fare...

[DireStrike]

8. No - other.

It's not feasible. That's not how war works anymore. Nobody is going to conquer land. The only resource worth fighting over these days is oil, and none of your modern superstates has such a disproportionate amount that it's worth fighting on their soil.

We may come to blows in certain flashpoints, but probably not serious ones, and they will not be on either country's home turf.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

10. Other. They can destroy us economically the same way we....

...destroyed the Soviet Union. China and the Soviet Union will join the fun.

[JVS]

12. Indochina, no

As if Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia would be able to attack us