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" In wars, men die. "

" President Trump has taken bold and decisive steps to stop the spread of the Wuhan virus across America. In doing so, he has become a wartime president. But the enemy he is fighting is the Chinese Communist Party. Long before this crisis, the CCP was waging political and economic war against the United States. The Wuhan virus is merely another weapon in this war. As a nation we need to understand this immediately, since the first casualty has been the material well-being of the American people.  "

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https://americanmind.org/features/the-coronacrisis-and-our-future-discontents/the-chinese-communist-party-v-america/?fbclid=IwAR0WemA2P6QSFCBfxfKWFlWZrn0v3KtCVUVQTRnPW2gL26vn3TqVPsCyppo

If the Reds stand the f**k down, it will only be because they see that their plans have backfired and Trump is gaining strength both at home and around the globe.  On the other hand, this may be the Communists last chance to achieve their dream to rule the world.  What lengths are they willing to go to in order to achieve their goal?

I agree China is our enemy. However, over quite a few years we have become more and more dependent upon on China for goods. Also, as the Chinese economy evolved the country became quite a consumer of American goods and services. Therefore, we cannot just boycott China and cut off trade, especially in fragile financial times.

What can we do? The first step would be to remove barriers, such as regulations, that would encourage companies to bring their manufacturing and production back to America. This would take years, but, as I said, it took years for the US to paint ourselves into this corner.

Quote from: supsalemgr on April 06, 2020, 10:06:19 AM
I agree China is our enemy. However, over quite a few years we have become more and more dependent upon on China for goods. Also, as the Chinese economy evolved the country became quite a consumer of American goods and services. Therefore, we cannot just boycott China and cut off trade, especially in fragile financial times.

What can we do? The first step would be to remove barriers, such as regulations, that would encourage companies to bring their manufacturing and production back to America. This would take years, but, as I said, it took years for the US to paint ourselves into this corner.

I agree wholeheartedly! The US, and the world, has become more and more dependent on this dictatorship. They have so much power in the world. The US needs to reclaim it!

Quote from: American Loving Norwegian on April 06, 2020, 10:51:52 AM
I agree wholeheartedly! The US, and the world, has become more and more dependent on this dictatorship. They have so much power in the world. The US needs to reclaim it!

In my view this has been their plan for at least 30 years. Reagan showed the communists there was true power in economics. In order to do so the CCP had to adopt some capitalistic strategies. It seems to be working. However, unleashing just a little freedom can be their real problem as that toothpaste cannot be put back into the tube.

Quote from: supsalemgr on April 06, 2020, 10:06:19 AM
I agree China is our enemy. However, over quite a few years we have become more and more dependent upon on China for goods. Also, as the Chinese economy evolved the country became quite a consumer of American goods and services. Therefore, we cannot just boycott China and cut off trade, especially in fragile financial times.

What can we do? The first step would be to remove barriers, such as regulations, that would encourage companies to bring their manufacturing and production back to America. This would take years, but, as I said, it took years for the US to paint ourselves into this corner.

The first order of legislative business for the US Congress post-COVID19-should be to severely limit the foreign manufacturing of US pharmaceuticals, by whatever means necessary.
If the voting public becomes informed and pro-active on this issue, politicians would not be able to downplay or ignore their voice.

Quote from: WMK on April 06, 2020, 04:58:00 PM
The first order of legislative business for the US Congress post-COVID19-should be to severely limit the foreign manufacturing of US pharmaceuticals, by whatever means necessary.
If the voting public becomes informed and pro-active on this issue, politicians would not be able to downplay or ignore their voice.

IT looks like the sheep are buying into chinas propaganda with helping the world sending countries ppe 🙄 hopefully people Will wake up and see the ccp was responsible for this in the first place and how much power china holds. They did threaten to throw the US into the mighty sea of the Coronavirus. And they have the power to do it... 90% of pharmacuticals in the us comes from China

Quote from: American Loving Norwegian on April 07, 2020, 03:48:08 AM
IT looks like the sheep are buying into chinas propaganda with helping the world sending countries ppe 🙄 hopefully people Will wake up and see the ccp was responsible for this in the first place and how much power china holds. They did threaten to throw the US into the mighty sea of the Coronavirus. And they have the power to do it... 90% of pharmacuticals in the us comes from China

Trump needs to make this a front and center issue - strike the iron while its hot - and carry it into the election and build upon his nationalist platform. Democrats would have nowhere to go. And their choice to attack Trump over their commie brethren on the COVID19 issue would not play well with many American voters.

Quote from: WMK on April 07, 2020, 05:49:23 AM
Trump needs to make this a front and center issue - strike the iron while its hot - and carry it into the election and build upon his nationalist platform. Democrats would have nowhere to go. And their choice to attack Trump over their commie brethren on the COVID19 issue would not play well with many American voters.

Agreed!  If the American people knew the extent of the Commies attack Americans might demand a military response.  No one wants WW III  and war with a nuclear armed power.  It might be far better to just up our ante increasing our economic warfare.  It may become necessary to require our American owned industries to leave China by making the tariffs on Chinese made products so damned high they look for seat shops in non Communist countries, such as Taiwan.  Without America and other western powers propping them up, Communist China will collapse under its own weight.  They have really quite a fragile economy which is totally dependent on exports the USA and other western powers that they have just screwed with their pandemic.  Even now, they are working on screwing the world with their military's control of 5g!  When you crawl in bed with a bunch of snakes, you're sure to get bit!