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It is in my opinion, that it is imperative that the United States not give in to the bullying tactics of Communist China.   Notice I said “Communist China”?  Let no one forget that Communist China is still one of the most repressive dictatorial governments in the world.

Communist China’s latest bullying tactics are akin to economic war.  Sadly, the United States, my country, put itself in this position because of the lust for more and more low-priced gadgets and toys and larger and larger corporate profits.  All at the loss of hundreds or thousands of American jobs.

The US won a major war over 250 years ago.  The war against England for our independence.  England was then deploying similar tactics against the US.    Thousands of men did not shed their blood then so that now the US could cow-tow to the bullying of Communist China.  We won that war and we’ll win this one.

I understand that major companies may sacrifice great revenues if they are forbidden to sell and do business in Communist China.  In war, we all have to make sacrifices.   The overwhelming lust for revenue and profit should not come at the expense of America’s heritage and national honor.  I also understand the desire for cheap gadgets and electronic toys.  After all, if it weren’t for the low price, most of us wouldn’t own a new flat screen HDTV today.

But I urge my fellow Americans to buckle down and show Communist China that we will not simply bend over to their bullying tactics.  We must show them who truly is the super power in the world.

Reuters
Feb 5, 2010

MUNICH (Reuters) – China is indignant about new U.S. arms sales to Taiwan and its opposition to them is “very reasonable,” Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said on Friday.

China has said it will impose unspecified sanctions on U.S. firms selling weapons to Taiwan in retaliation for the U.S. announcement that it planned to sell $6.4 billion of arms to Taiwan, which Beijing considers a breakaway province.

“The Chinese government and people feel indignant about this,” Yang told a security conference in Germany. “I do hope the U.S. will change its behavior … and will stop arms sales to Taiwan.”

“What China has done is very reasonable and what any dignified people would do,” he added.

Beijing has claimed sovereignty over self-ruled Taiwan since 1949, when Mao Zedong’s communist forces won the Chinese civil war and Chiang Kai-shek’s KMT fled to the island.

China has threatened to attack if Taiwan tries to formalize its de facto independence.    more …