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Des any one think that the U.S. and China will ever go to war?

I just seems like a possibility that something like this could happen. We are in an economic war and the only way I can't think of to defeat China is to cut off trade to it for about a year. But I wonder if a physical war is a possibility.

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  • Rhona Pavis 50+

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    Jul 31 2012: Perhaps China will transition to Democracy and free enterprise. Anything positive is possible. Maybe the Chinese people will awaken to the awareness of their power. Remember the American Revolution? Remember the French Revolution? Anything positive is possible. (Kevin, This is response to your comment, but, again, there was no "Reply" thing in your message for me to touch indirectly through my keyboard.)
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      Kevin Jacobson

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      Aug 1 2012: The Chinese would never just transition right then and their. Even of they decided to (which will never happen) it would take years to make any difference because you would have campaigns. The Chinese government doesn't want power for it's people and it's going to stay that way. If the Chinese people had power and knew what was going on in the world, there would be revolutions, and the Chinese government obviously won't let that happen.
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        peter lindsay 30+

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        Aug 1 2012: The Chinese will never do anything that would negatively impact the ability of the US or Europe to buy all the stuff they make. On another note, China isn't a communist nation, it is essentially a dictatorship that masquerades as a socialist entity. You should explore the real meaning of communism as you are a bright kid and would benefit from getting outside the US realm a bit.

      • Rhona Pavis 50+

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        Aug 1 2012: Kevin, I wonder if a peaceful revolution is possible with the Chinese government facilitating it with a positive goal with respect to the country and people of China. Anything positive is possible.
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          Kevin Jacobson

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          Aug 1 2012: Anything positive is possible, but there are very different levels of possibility and China has a very low possibility.

      • Rhona Pavis 50+

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        Aug 2 2012: I will continue to be an optimist with respect to all matters. You, Kevin, have choice about the objects of your focus. May as well choose anything positive.

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        Aug 2 2012: Kevin, I think you and the world would greatly benefit from you being optimistic and positive. It is possible that I am right about this. Thank you for considering it. You might try as an experiment controlling yourself to speak, act and think in a purely positive way for 24 hours and observe the results. I wonder if you are capable of doing that. I think you are.
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          Kevin Jacobson

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          Aug 2 2012: I can think positive and whenever a positive attitude is needed, I have one, but when I see a situation that can't 100% have optimism, that's were the problems start because anything that isn't 100% fine and dandy, will have problems that need to be focused on to make it perfect.

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        Aug 3 2012: Kevin, I wonder what your reflex reaction to things are. When in doubt, assume positive. That covers a whole lot of situations. Also, you do have the opportunity and power to re-program yourself to increase your positivity......if you have the desire to do that.

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