On 25 May 2006 09:12:43 -0700, 'John F. Poopnagel'
who said :
To put that threat into perspective, the USA spends 7 times what China does on the military.
http://mindprod.com/politics/iraqeconomics.html#MILITARYSPENDING
The real threat comes because:
1. the USA gets such a huge amount of her consumer goods from China.
2. China holds so much of the US debt, second only to Japan. They are the bank holding a mortgage on America.
China is more of a military threat than before because Bush has pushed her into an alliance with Russia and Iran in order to secure oil