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2 - China takes us up on the offer. (About 10% likely.) What we have done then is just take a region of the world that is at least currently somewhat within our sphere of influence, and HANDED IT OVER to the RED CHINESE. The Chi-Comms, for goodness sake. In other words, our ENEMY.

They take control, slaughter anyone and everyone who opposes them, and they veto any UN action against them in response to the butchery. US forces are now outnumbered and are forced to flee Iraq. China now has complete control over massive oil reserves. They ship everything back home. The surplus oil (if there is any) is sold back to us at a premium. They make "deals" with other nations in the region to oppose US foreign policy.

When China decides to invade Taiwan, we are unable to respond lest our oil supplies be cut off. We are also unable to do anything meaningful at the UN. Taiwan falls. North Korea is fed a free flow of oil by their Commie allies, and they are encouraged to menace and distract us while China consolidates its gains in the Middle East.

Sure, a lot of Chinese die in the process. But do they care? No. There are plenty more where they came from! And there is no free media in China to report on this, and bring the Chinese people into the streets in opposition. (That's a rather huge advantage they have over us...)

So, the end result is a bunch of former "allies" in the Middle East who now are overt enemies; less US control of global oil supplies; increased power for Red China; Humiliation for the US; roll-back of democracy; and energy prices for the West even higher than they are now.

Hey, sounds like a winning plan! :-/

Article Author: Lisa McKay

Lisa McKay is Blogcritics' Executive Editor. At BC she can usually be found hanging out in the film section. She recently started food blogging at Will Kill for Food.

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