President Bush stated the following in an interview with Sky News in Australia:

.. that he would be concerned about China’s military if the country ever turned hostile, and he urged allied countries to keep their troops in Iraq.

Speaking to Australia’s Sky News network in Washington ahead of a visit to Australia an annual meeting of Pacific Rim leaders, Bush addressed China’s growing economy and military.

”My view of China is that they’re internally focused to the extent that they want economic growth and vitality, they’re externally focused in order to get the raw materials they need, but if they ever turn hostile, I would be concerned about the military,” Bush said.

Bush said his administration spends ”a lot of time on China” and that Washington had good relations with both China and Japan, two traditional rivals in Asia. He said it was important for the United States to be an ”active presence in Asia to make sure that old tensions don’t flare up.”

This seems to be a no-brainer, still it is nice to have the president acknowledge that SHOULD China become hostile, it would be QUITE concerning. So why is this a topic? I would love to see the whole transcript. I snagged the above quote from the AP article Bush Urges Allies To Keep Troops In Iraq in the NY Times. I’m rather sure there had to be more in the interview that would explain this somewhat random statement.

I’m not sure how many of you have studied up or heard much about “co-dependence”… and the unhealthy effects of it. The US has a co-dependent relationship on China. It may work for the moment (or seem to work), but should anything rock the boat there could be real trouble ahead. Mark my words.

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