>>I am starting to take them more seriously.
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>>http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/01/05/china.us.fighter.jets/index.html?hpt=T1
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>The consumers of people's money on both sides are doing each other favors by praising each other's capabilities, so they'd both get more of people's money.
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>What exactly is the carbon footprint of each of these airplanes, calculated in cows, sheep and or babies, exactly?

Calculated in cows, sheep, and babies? You have an interesting way of looking at things. That's not a criticism.