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Originally posted by Silver Cheetah:
Ryanamur, I think this is possibly the best post I have seen on this topic since we all started discussing and debating it. Your clarity is awesome.
Your point regarding the economy - yes, and not just America's! All over the world, countries that have committed to liberalisation of trade, who have borrowed money to develop, and who have contracts with America are suffering already. (I edit a business retail site, and the stories that are coming in are full of woe.) Many of these countries have huge debts (which they took out to finance development so they could compete in world markets), and rely on exports to pay them.
Where some of them are now is called up shit creek without a paddle, where I come from. (Globalisation of trade = dangerous dependencies, in my view, - as we are now seeing. But that's a whole other topic...)
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Thanks for the support. Yes, when I was talking about our economy, I meant Western Economy. This terrorist attack will have major ripple effects. In fact, I think that my 10x number is unrealisticly optimistic (note: that number would only be for the US). We took a deep hit. We're down on one knee, holding our groin and we're not doing anything to help our situation.
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[This message has been edited by Ryanamur (edited 09-28-2001).]