Quote Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker View Post
Not quite. They hold a huge chunk of our debt, and they have a huge amount of money wrapped up in holding that huge chunk of our debt. This is actually beginning to appear more like the zen koan about two students observing a flag. The first said that the flag was moving. The second said that the wind was moving. The master came by and stated that the mind was moving.
I have never really understood the zen philosophy, so I didn't understand the analogy either. Over the years, the tone of criticism from the US to the China has certainly mellowed down a lot. So maybe the dog has put its tail between its legs...

@NSA, your argument actually proves that the US is simply picking its wars based on convenience and gains to be made, not on the basis of some idealistic principles. Which doesn't surprise me, of course.

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