{"id":28514,"date":"2020-04-26T16:55:11","date_gmt":"2020-04-26T21:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=28514"},"modified":"2020-04-26T16:55:11","modified_gmt":"2020-04-26T21:55:11","slug":"knock-on-effects-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2020\/04\/26\/knock-on-effects-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Knock-On Effects"},"content":{"rendered":"

You have to wonder if the Republicans, in general, realize how discredited they’ve become by their relentless protection of the vast incompetency residing at the the top of their hierarchy. For example, if any of them had written this article concerning the behavior of the Chinese Communists, I might not take it at all seriously. But … it’s written by Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT), who had the gumption to vote for conviction on one of the two charges on which Trump was impeached.<\/p>\n

None of the rest of the Republicans apparently took it seriously, between reports of some sleeping or reading, and responding with ridiculous criticisms. But one did, and so now I take what Mitt Romney writes seriously.<\/p>\n

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America is awakening to China. The covid-19 pandemic has revealed that, to a great degree, our very health is in Chinese hands; from medicines to masks, we are at Beijing\u2019s mercy. Embarrassed by the revelation of this vulnerability, politicians in Washington will certainly act to remedy our medical dependence \u2014 with the usual fanfare and self-congratulation. But China\u2019s stranglehold on\u00a0pharmaceuticals<\/a>\u00a0is only a small sliver of its grand strategy for economic, military and geopolitical domination. The West\u2019s response must extend much further \u2014 it will require a unified strategy among free nations to counter China\u2019s trade predation and its corruption of our mutual security.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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In recent years, China has succeeded in disproportionately positioning its citizens and proxies with loyalties to the Chinese Communist Party in key international governing bodies, allowing it to expand its geopolitical influence. China relentlessly badgers and bribes nations to avert their leaders\u2019 eyes from its egregious abuses of Tibetans,\u00a0Uighurs<\/a>\u00a0and other minorities \u2014 as well as its\u00a0targeting of pro-democracy leaders<\/a>\u00a0in Hong Kong. The same methods result in the geopolitical isolation of Taiwan. All the while, China spreads pacifying propaganda throughout the world; even right under our noses, so-called\u00a0Confucius Institutes\u00a0<\/a>peddle pro-China messages in America\u2019s colleges and high schools.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Sure, I have no idea if this is true, but his name, his actions, make this a more interesting and credible editorial than does something from, say, Tillis of North Carolina, or McConnell of Kentucky, even if they said the same thing, because Romney’s actions and conduct tell me he puts country above party – and the rest do not.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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