The Discerning Texan
All that is necessary for evil to triumph, is for good men to do nothing.
-- Edmund Burke
-- Edmund Burke
Saturday, September 02, 2006
How Wal-Mart can stop a Nuclear Iran
Alexandra has a point here: if they decided to, the hated, evil Wal-Mart probably could do its country (if not its shareholders..) a world of good; they could possibly force China to support hard sanctions against Iran. And in the process do one hell of a lot for the reputation of the Wal-Mart brand in the US (the shareholders would like that...).
The only flaw in the argument I can think of is: there is still Russia to deal with...
The only flaw in the argument I can think of is: there is still Russia to deal with...
Well there's a title you don't read every day! What's the connection? Simple, tell China, that Wal-Mart will shift merchandise production to competing low-cost manufacturing countries, if it doesn't support a UNSC resolution, stopping Iran from going nuclear. After all, a nuclear Holocaust is also bad for business in China.
Make no mistake, Wal-Mart has that kind of purchasing power: Over 10% of all Chinese exports to the U.S. are bought by Wal-Mart, that's well over $20 billion.
The good news is, the threat would remain just that, for China would yield, we'd continue saving $100 billion each year and the Mullahcracy would have to abandon their expansionist ambitions."More than 70 per cent of the products sold at Wal-Mart are made in China. If Wal-Mart were a separate nation, it would rank as China’s fifth-largest export market, ahead of Germany and Britain."
