Sterling insight from SOLO in Ohio.

Who invented the internet? A British scientist, as it happens.

John Tee-Rhodes, Manchester,

Any nation with half an ounce of common sense will make it's first step to remove Microsoft Windows and other Microsoft products from use in all it's computer systems at any level. It is the most buggy and insecure computer software known to mankind - no joke.
Then replace with the hardened version of Linux approved by the NSA or something similar.

Alex Kerr, London, UK

" I wish we'd threaten China with economic sanctions ... " Hahahaha , I haven't laughed so hard in months ...

My respect for the Chinese increases almost daily .

Benzo, Nr Chelmsford,

It's absurd to say that Chian has never invaded any countries. Their history is all about atrocities again other nations and people. Can you say Vietnam, Tibet, India, Turkistan, Russia to name a few?

Lawrence, Toronto, Canada

It is so absurd for Chinese to say that they never have invaded any nations in the past or will in future. Can they say Tibet, Turkistan, Vietnam, Russia and Korea to name a few? Dictatorship teaches only their own stories to their elks.

Lawrence , Toronto, Canada

China's people are mainly awesome, the government is brutally repressive and violent in protecting its interests (ex: Tiananmen). China's people are basically enslaved and the fixed currency(1$ to 8 yuan) steals jobs from around the world, gives them to China where lax regulations allow toxic and unhealthy standards to rule the marketplace. Yes, China is working to evolve, but they are not an equal trading partner, they are executing a long term plan to surpass the world, own the manufacturing, and thus over the long term, China will be a big problem.

Clearly they occupied Tibet and crushed its native peoples, as badly as the US treated Native Americans (ok, I will concede that the US did worse to the Natives) but China is a big criminal there.

China will go to war, for Taiwan, water, & energy. Unless we the people of the world resolve these energy crises, and come together to push our governments in the right direction.
even so, I still love the good in both China & USA

Cecil, Sacramento, California

China had been invaded by many countries in the past, did we do the same thing to others? Absolutely not, in the past and in the future.

Garlok, Guangzhou , China

Yes the chinese are preapring a cyber attack and the u.s. will counter attack, in fact an entire cyber war ias about to wage, they just haven't aggred on whether it will be starcraft, GTA, or Counter Strike.

Robert, Simi Valley, USA

Chinese? American?

All the same, its called globalisation, each pole, be it the west, central or east - all after the same thing, control, influence, management of natural resources allocation...

The media in each country is just a tool....

There is a bigger game, a wider screen, and the current crop of viewers, cant see past the dimensions of their screens sadly...

Ash, Bedford, UK

Its ironic how heaping arms and strengthening military , when done by US is noble and it is a threat if another nation does it.

Although a look at past use of military/technology would suggest otherwise.

Yhu, shanghai,

As a network administrator at a tech company, we CONSTANTLY see cyber-attacks coming from China. We even joke about ones we've seen which say "Hacked by Chinese".

Why would the Chinese be so hostile to us when they make an extremely large amount of money through trade with the USA?

I wish we'd threaten them with economic sanctions over these attacks. Cutting off US business from them could cripple their economy. They are the ones with the huge trade surplus through trade with our country, while we have record high trade deficits. They'd be hurt much worse in an economic war.

Brian, NY, NY

"Chinese would not like to control others, Chinese only want to manage ourself well. "

"But we're the nation who love peace."


HAHA I haven't laughed so hard in weeks...

Jason, Rutherford, W.Va

Chinese would not like to control others, Chinese only want to manage ourself well.

Some of the western countries even can not control themself , why u do have bilities to contorl others?

China is a developing country and it is developing in every aspects. But we're the nation who love peace..However, we treat "others" as friends, be treated as ur enemy?! that is not fair....

Chinese do their own things to have self protection..to give a better life to the people who live in the country..Although there are still so many problems, The GOV is doing on it..

China May say:No!

Zhen.G, Dalian, China

What the USSA does not know is that it was a Chinese plot to get the US Airforce placed in charge of Cyberwarfare. Under these conditions the government of the USSA will have to award so many Silver and Bronze Stars (and gold stars and smileyfaces) that all the gold in Ft. Knox will have to be sold to pay for them. Why US airforce members will even have to be given purple hearts every time that they fall off their chair laughing and bump their chins on the way down.

BuddhalovesPaine, Buddhist Monistary,

It takes more than rhetoric to win a cyber-war.

To listen to Secretary Paulson's rhetoric, you might think that the US is the only country which is serious about fighting financial cyber-crime. Yet to judge by the SEC's total impotence against the group of scammers who routinely forge my email address to carry out pump-and-dump scams, they've already conceded defeat.

Ian Kemmish, Biggleswade, UK

It is just sickening that there is no cooperation in the
development of Technology science, medicine, environmental issues, etc. between countries. Wouldn't this be a much better world.?
How silly of me to think so reasonably.
The one-up-menship, retalitorial, revengeful government is
a government in mass denial of the power and posibility of
a collective intelligence. ie If we could work together instead
of killing each other wouldn't that make sense.? Is there a
leader on the 08 circuit who can pull this together and clean up the
tragic mess? A massive order.
Obama, with the help of many many intelligent people, just
may be able to start the process.

dolly lanna, Mill Valley, USA, CA

I think its ironic for US to be so arrogant and belligerant toward other countries, like a powerful kingdom over its realm. In truth we are dependant on a few of these countries, very few, to continue buying our IOU's and keeping us afloat financially. At any time China or Japan might decide we're not the most reliable country in meeting our obligations and turn to other markets. I guess then we'd all have to dig into our pockets to help Bush with all his war schemes, star wars defence shields, weapons in outer space and all those other wet dreams of the neocons.
The Americans have treated this little group of hot heads who couldn't find their way out of a paper bag, like doting parents to spoiled rotten children. Never, never say NO.

Elisabeth, Tulsa, , Ok

Let us not forget who invented the internet. If you really want to challenge us, China, in our own ballpark, we'll be ready!

SOLO, Columbus, OH