Wikileaks

  The current release of wikileaks appear mostly to be disinformation. Whether knowingly or unknowingly, much of the information released appear to be another round of false advertising. It appears to be incorrect information being released under the guise of data falling into the wrong hands.

  I doubt the Chinese hacked google. I doubt there was any discussion about North Korea as described. Most likely concepts created out of thin air. A right wing ploy pretending to be left wing.


If you wish to strengthen a lie, mix a little truth in with it.

Zohar

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  There was nothing to negotiate.

Fiat Money

  The Russian Federation would not even sell some uninhabited islands to the Japanese for 2 trillion usd. And Japan did not even have 2 trillion usd. What does South Korea possibly have that is worth all of North Korea? No one in the 21st century is willing to give away land for fiat money. Because fiat money has not been backed by anything for almost 50 yrs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yblvWycttA&playnext=1&list=PL687AC3A449258F82&index=31

  Even negotiating an exclusion of us troops from South Korea after reunification would not be good enough. Without a pro-Chinese government, they could easily re-invite american forces back in and this time China would not even have a local ally to rely on.

  How many Warsaw Pact states have now fallen under the influence of the united states?

Why would China need the us?

  Exports depletes China the fruits of its labor and only leaves China with inflation.


We cannot eat, wear, or enjoy the goods we send abroad. We eat bananas from Central America, wear Italian shoes, drive German automobiles, and enjoy programs we see on our Japanese TV sets. Our gain from foreign trade is what we import. Exports are the price we pay to get imports. As Adam Smith saw so clearly, the citizens of a nation benefit from getting as large a volume of imports as possible in return for its exports or, equivalently, from exporting as little as possible to pay for its imports.

Milton Friedman 1980 

  We have 50 percent of the world's wealth, but only 6.3 percent of its population. . . In this situation we cannot fail to be the object of envy and resentment. Our real task in the coming period is to devise a pattern of relationships which will allow us to maintain this position of disparity. We should cease to talk about the raising of the living standards, human rights, and democratization. The day is not far off when we are going to have to deal in straight power concepts. The less we are then hampered by idealistic slogans, the better.

George Kennan 1948

  There is no benefit in exporting to the united states. The only product they can ship back in return is IOUs.


 

China's interest to support NK is absolute

 I doubt the current wikileaks are real. There is nothing interesting in the diplomatic cables that is remotely damaging similar to the videos showing helicopter gunships attacking journalists in Iraq. The current wikileaks discussions are just trivial points similar to that of a tabloid. X civil official consorts with busty woman, Sunnis do not like Shiites. There is nothing useful being provided. For somebody who is trying to retaliate against the united states for trying to arrest and imprison him for the video releases, the current diplomatic cables do not seem to incriminate the united states one bit. The type of information released seem like something dreamed up by a insurance salesman turned novelist.

 Supporting North Korea since the Korean War was the single greatest event to ever give China any ounce of credibility. If China never sent troops to force the us to retreat back into South Korea, there would be no independent Vietnam. The united states lost no battles against Vietnam. Unlike the Korean war there were no 50 mile retreats or floods of american marines fleeing the battle zone. The us lost no battle against the Viet Cong.

The onslaught of hundreds of thousands of Chinese troops forced the Americans to make a desperate retreat. As American forces were nearly overrun, they engaged in the largest retreat in U.S. history. By December of 1950, the Communists recaptured Pyongyang. In January, Seoul fell as both sides dug in at the 38th Parallel.


  Since China had not demonstrated any precedence to intervene in a war on its Asian Borders, the United States would have rolled into the North Vietnamese capital of Hanoi with tanks and armored personnel carriers and completely overtook the northern half of the country, effectively ending the Vietnam War.

 Such a military policy was impossible solely because of the precedence set during the Korean War. The united states was forced to fight the entire Vietnam War in South Vietnam with one arm tied behind its back because if the us did pursue Viet Cong forces into North Vietnam, that would have been an invitation for the Chinese to enter the war.

 Any reunification would have to come under North Korea or a Pro-Chinese state. A unified Korea under a South Korean government is unacceptable. An extension of South Korea is a retraction of Chinese influence in the Peninsula and an expansion of anti-Chinese sentiment.

Nuclear policy

  The goal of the nuclear forces is not simply to inflict damage. We do not simply pursue a nuclear arsenal that is to create a credible response. That is just bad policy. We do not know how far a nuclear war can escalate thus we do not pursue a nuclear policy that simply assumes a limited nuclear response. You pursue a nuclear policy that achieves unlimited nuclear response. We do not know what X is, but we should be maximizing our production frontier to best be able to reach it. The closer we are to X, the more peace of mind we are able to acquire. And a self awareness of how less vulnerable we have become.

  Officially, the Russian Federation is the world's largest nuclear power. I find it hard to believe China would not have a nuclear arsenal larger than all of the nuclear powers combined. This issue is just far too great to ignore.

Economy

  The economy is driven by demand. Whatever kind of demand. Whether it is consumer demand or military demand. And it is that demand that fuels the economy. And it is monetary policy that helps us shape demand. By giving consumers the financial means to consume, they help shape the economy towards one where consumer goods are produced to meet consumer demand. Likewise, if we give the military the financial means to consume, the economy is shaped to produce military goods to meet military demand.

  So its not necessarily a question of if we produce too many warships, we wont be able to produce more cars. When you have an economy as massive as China's, what else are you going to do with 550 million tons worth of steel making and 55 million tons of shipbuilding per year? Because industrial output is so massive, millions would find themselves without work if military demand were to evaporate. The production frontier is where it currently stands because there is state demand for goods and services. If state demand were to contract, so would the economy and jobs along with it.

  The second world war did not cause global economies to contract. In contrast it caused, the greatest economic boom ever seen in the 20th century. It effectively ended the Great Depression. Nowadays, whenever we admire a nation's economic growth. We make statements like, the greatest level of economic growth ever seen during peace time. This is because it is still pale compared to economic growth normally seen during war time.