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Originally Posted by El Blanco
In what way? Because most of the stuff you bought was made there? Its not their technological means that makes them such a world economic power, its their bussiness sense.
They don't innovate anything (besides the occasional robot). They are incredible managers, though.
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In what way? Reliability, for one thing. American businesses care more about the packaging deal and the price of the product while the Japanese businesses focus more on the quality (and the trendiness) of the product. Take Playstation(japan) and Xbox(us) for instance...which would you buy for the quality of it? How about Ford and Toyota...which would you rather own?
I can't agree with you that Japaneses don't innovate anything. I'm betting you every cell phone device you've ever owned (if you do own one) was made in Japan but the service and the program is American.
I would like to own most of Japanese products but their export wouldn't allow it (or something like that)...
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And if this were 1968, I'd be concerned.
Were they to build a long term research center or some sort of colony, that would be impressive.
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That could happen if they continue to avoid getting involved with the war and increase military spending...
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A fluke. A perfect storm of circumstances and years of planning that paid off for a short time.
It wasn't the tech that let us down that day.
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You're right about the tech that didn't let us down that day but sorry, I'm having a hard time believing it was all a fluke when they've received numorous warnings that al-Qaeda was planning to strike the US. I'm also having hard time believing that al-Qaeda was responsible for the NORAD standdown simply by switching off the radar...