My response to that is more judo than counter-attack ... the US can pursue an economic policy that does not put it in direct opposition to China's most urgent needs, and if it does so, that opens up more possibilities of a non-confrontational forty years ahead.

And with Peak Oil and the Climate Crisis, its not like we need a hegemonic transition World War right now.


I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.