Ours is a warring world. Long into the second year of Russia’s major incursion into Ukraine, there are not unreasonable fears in Poland and the Baltic countries that the hostilities might cross their borders as well.
Now the Middle East erupts following the bloody Hamas attack on Israel, and the IDF’s response, which our Secretary of State says carry “a likelihood of escalation.”
And I’ve yet to mention the most serious threat the people of this planet face: the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
In the throes of the largest military expansion in modern history, China now wields the world’s biggest army and navy. Along with the second largest economy on the planet. By comparison, Russia’s economy holds 11th place, roughly 10 percent of China’s, and Iran ranks 42nd, one-fiftieth of China’s.
Historically, the CCP is the “greatest” killing machine of all time. And now dictator-for-life Xi Jinping seems intent on bringing back those gloriously murderous Mao days — only with greater technological efficiency.
There is:
- The ongoing genocide against the Uyghurs in Xinjing.
- The long-running and viscous pogrom against Falun Gong.
- Organ harvesting from political prisoners.
- The totalitarian surveillance state crushing of peaceful political dissent.
- The breaking of an international agreement in order to kill civil liberties in Hong Kong early and block the push for democracy.
- Brutal repression continues in Tibet.
- Constant harassment and threat of military invasion against free, democratic and peaceful Taiwan.
- Killing Indian soldiers in border clashes in recent years.
- Sinking Vietnamese fishing boats.
- Harassing Philippine vessels.
After building islands in the South China Sea against international law and then militarizing those islands (after telling the world they were not doing so), the CCP is today increasingly aggressive and belligerent in this essential waterway, which carries one-third of the world’s total shipping. China claims 90 percent of this international waterway — even swaths of the exclusive economic zones of the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, and other countries, long recognized by international treaties.
The CCP position is ridiculous … but don’t laugh, because these Chinazis (as Hongkongers call them) must be taken seriously.
And by preparing to meet their threat, by demonstrating our ability to mount a credible defense of Taiwan, the Philippines, and other allies in the region, hopefully we can prevent hostilities.
As individuals, we can help as well. To better “know” this enemy and to track their Chinazi aggression against their own people and those of other countries, we have launched a new website whose name says it all: StopTheChinazis.org.
As if to drive home the Nazi-esque nature of today’s CCP, most of the people writing for the site have chosen to remain anonymous for fear of retaliation by the CCP … even against Americans … even here in America.
But we won’t be silenced.
This is Common Sense. I’m Paul Jacob.
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