Quote Originally Posted by Gelatinous Cube
Absurd. What do you think would happen if the US went to war with one of our supposed global trade partners? China, for example? They could simply commandeer the massive amounts of Industry we have handed over to them, and we'd be sitting ducks.
And we cancel our debt that they hold. It would hurt them just as much as it would hurt us. If war ever breaks out between China and the United States the economies of both will take a tumble and a beating.

Everyone assumes we will always have this tenuous love-hate relationship with our outsourcing partners, and will fight low-intensity wars with third world countries forever. Those kinds of assumptions get people killed, in the long run.
Who is making this assumption other then yourself.