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Vol8188 said:
The economic fortunes of China is down stream of trade. Surely you accept that reality?

Demographics is an issue for them today. But in 20-30 years? Maybe not. The one child policy has been gone for almost a decade now.
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The damage is probably done. They are quickly approaching the moment when they have far too many elderly to be supported by far too few in the generation behind them. And I suspect there will be a low birthrate in spite of the legal change per # of kids. Their economy is catastrophic, and there is no indication that I've seen that birthrates are rising. It looks like the people are eschewing investment and buying--as well as bringing kids into the world--in favor of hording cash and hoping unemployment #s stop plummeting.

BTW, I'm not arguing that US Trade has/had no effect. It was the US tariffs IMHO that finally pushed China off the ledge. When Chinese manufacturers began closing, missing payroll, and laying off, China became wounded far more than most realize.
 
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Orange_Crush said:
The damage is probably done. They are quickly approaching the moment when they have far too many elderly to be supported by far too few in the generation behind them. And I suspect there will be a low birthrate in spite of the legal change per # of kids. Their economy is catastrophic, and there is no indication that I've seen that birthrates are rising. It looks like the people are eschewing investment and buying--as well as bringing kids into the world--in favor of hording cash and hoping unemployment #s stop plummeting.
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I found this interesting..of course impossible to verify.

 
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Vol8188 said:
Lmfao “I said I don’t know! They could just be enriching uranium as a way to threaten others! Not for weapons! Totally different”
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We're lucky to have a real double naught here in VN to give us better intelligence than our DNI can. Where's the rest of her statement?
 
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EasternVol said:
We're lucky to have a real double naught here in VN to give us better intelligence than our DNI can. Where's the rest of her statement?
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Even better. We have both statements from the Iranian leaders and statements from the UN confirming the same thing.

Why would we need any additional intel?
 
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Orangeburst said:
Of course, but I was in line of thinking about 2 MOPS and out. The GPS jamming, which would require an operation by itself, by US or Israel, and a campaign to chisel away with 2,000 pounders is more protracted.
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My preference is for Israel to make it too dangerous to access. We need to stay out of it.
 
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Orangeburst said:
www.theguardian.com

Trump weighs Iran strike as Pentagon officials privately divided over ‘bunker buster’ bombs

Exclusive: The likelihood of a successful US strike on the Iranian nuclear facility buried deep underground at Fordow is a topic of deep contention, defense officials say
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com

Although I considered it in passing, this would be more involved than I thought.
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I'm kind of surprised honestly. It appears Trump is actually looking at this from a practical point of view.
 
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Smokey123 said:
Iron dome doesn’t protect against anything Iran has sent the last 5 days lol
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Iron Dome hasnt protected Israel much at all. Of course Israel will claim, despite video evidence, that they intercepted 90+% but Ukraine also lade those ridiculous claims despite video evidence. Israel is being lit up like a Christmas tree, but sure the Iron Dome is working great.
 
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volgr said:
Iron Dome hasnt protected Israel much at all. Of course Israel will claim, despite video evidence, that they intercepted 90+% but Ukraine also lade those ridiculous claims despite video evidence. Israel is being lit up like a Christmas tree, but sure the Iron Dome is working great.
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Iron Dome is very short ranged and for shooting down rockets, not ballistic missiles.
 
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Vol8188 said:
You didn’t back up your claim. One million dead Ukrainians. What is your source?

When you claim Russia is stronger today, what is your metric?
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Russia likely has the best fighting force on the planet right now. They are resource rich and are building their economy back quite impressively.
 
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volgr said:
Iron Dome hasnt protected Israel much at all. Of course Israel will claim, despite video evidence, that they intercepted 90+% but Ukraine also lade those ridiculous claims despite video evidence. Israel is being lit up like a Christmas tree, but sure the Iron Dome is working great.
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Not sure what part of my post you didn’t understand. The iron dome isn’t used against ballistic missiles
 
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