Subject: Re: Trade deal with China reached
It's not Russian Roulette. In Russian Roulette, you die if you hit the wrong outcome.

You brought up the specter of nuclear conflict up thread. Isn’t that a Russian Roulette scenario?

Lessening China’s power in the world lessens any potential for a conflict.

OPEC didn't "overplay their hand" - their hand just wasn't that strong.

Again, it was strong enough to completely reshape an important piece of US manufacturing. I’ll remind you that not just the Big 3 were affected: all the supply based that used to provide production inputs also suffered.

Why hand anyone else that kind of influence over your country when you don’t have to?