Alliance Strategy
Joint energy research and development projects between the U.S. and China???
Joe Lieberman thinks it’s a good idea.
Indeed.
I like that trend of thought.
Sure, of course, we should always do whatever’s necessary to keep weapons technology out of the reach of the Chinese. Free trade has to have some limits. Open markets are great, but *not* when they can turn into de facto suicide notes. We know that.
But energy is energy. We’re not talking here about missiles, warplanes or submarines.
More energy sources means lower relative prices, stronger relative growth, and more net jobs. Who cares if the Chinese would get those benefits too? Big F’n deal. Let ‘em. As long as the wheels of our economy are greased.
Plus, it’s always good to keep your pals close but your {potential} enemies even closer. So said the great philosopher: Don Corleone.
Besides, if we don’t work with the Chinese in that arena other countries with fast-growing economies, e.g., India, eventually will. Better to be in the game than on the sidelines, right, Buchanan?
Strategy, not tactics.
Chess, not checkers.
The American Thinker, not The National Review.
George W. Bush, not DerbyshireNovakKristolAmericanConservative.
— Jayson