To all true friends of liberty:
It seems to me that everyone is missing the point on President Clinton's
Chinese entanglements. Does it really matter whether he did or did not
trade United States military technology for Chinese campaign contributions?
Not really. Perhaps not anymore would be a better way of putting it. The
damage, whatever that may have been, is beyond the powers of All the King's
Horses and All the King's Men to redeem.
Assuming these sordid bargains did occur, they were nevertheless textbook
capitalist transactions. I give you this and, in return, you give me that.
Both of us get what we want and walk away happy. There will be no more
such horse-trading between Clinton and the Chinese because Clinton can't
run for re-election and Congress is now carefully watching what goes on
between the Butcher of Tiananmen Square and the Benefactor of Tyson Foods
(which, incidentally, should be boycotted by all true patriots and lovers
of decent-tasting, nutritious chicken).
Instead, there will be an entirely different sort of commerce taking place
in the future. You see, one does not negotiate with one's property and
President of the United States William Jefferson Clinton is now the
property of the Communist Chinese. Yes, they own him now even if they never
did before.
Ironically, Bill Clinton could be totally innocent of the charge of going
down on the Chinese and it wouldn't matter-- because it is so universally
believed to be true. Not proven but believed. A court-martial of angels
could not absolve him of the public perception of having sold his soul for
a little Red Chinese cabbage. This is how he ceased to be the President
and became Jiang Zemin's pet monkey.
The Chinese can kick the chair out from under his shaky Presidency any time
they want simply by trundling out a credible witness or two who will
testify: "Yeah, I gave him the coinage." Bingo! End of Bill. Doesn't
matter if it's true or not. Clinton stays in office because the charge
isn't proved and the Chinese can "prove" it any time they so desire.
Look at how they made him dance on his precious "summit" meeting. "We want
those three journalists out of here." See ya, wouldn't want to be ya.
"Lowly slaves may not approach the imperial capital directly." So where
does AF One land? "We don't want you visiting other countries during your
trip to Asia." Yes, master. "Here is your new Taiwan policy." Your wish
is my command, my liege.
Best of all was their tormenting him with that "live TV" charade. "Here,
Bill, live and uncensored. Talk to the Chinese people. Say whatever you
want. Tell em how to make bombs and zip guns. Read out the home addresses
of all Politburo members. We don't care. Say whatever you want. Look,
we'll even send all the techs home so there won't be anybody manning the
'So Sorry, Network Difficulties' switch. You talk to them all you want
and, lord knows, how you love to talk."
Do you honestly think that Ronald Reagan would have been given a similar
opportunity? Of course not. Would ANY free agent have been given
uncensored access? Of course not. They were safe with Mister Bill because
they could destroy him in a minute if he dared to cause a stir. So they
let him have airtime. Hell, they MADE him have airtime-- and sat in their
chairs laughing at the stupid gringo as he stammered and wet himself trying
not to offend his new massas. No greater evidence of Bill Clinton's guilt,
or of the Chinese hold on him, need ever be produced
No free man, much less the chosen leader of the mightiest empire on earth,
would have grovelled in such a fashion. There was an old saying for those
who tried to give orders to the United States, to tell us what to do and
how to do it. That saying was: "You be damned."
Mr. President, for the good of the nation, you must resign. Your guilt or
innocence is no longer the issue but your usefulness to the Republic--
which is at an end. Future Chinese desires will be expressed as blunt
demands for you to stand and deliver. The excuses, waivers, and
justifications needed before handing over American secrets and American
technology will become more and more transparent as the months go by. Even
your own accomplices will eventually shun and revile you.
In the game of power politics of which you consider yourself to be a past
master, you have been outmaneuvered and beaten. You have chosen immediate
gratification over the eventual doom that now rushes in upon you. I urge
you, I beg you, to cheat the oriental puppet masters of their golden prize.
Stand up and cut the strings. Turn and walk away. Expose the game and
accept the consequences of your own disastrous gamble. No, you will not be
President any longer but you will be an American once again-- which you may
find is almost as good.
The Union forever
PS-- A few additional words of advice from Mr. Winston S. Churchill:
"And do not suppose that this is the end.
This is only the beginning of the reckoning.
This is only the first sip--
the first foretaste of a bitter cup
which will be proferred to us year by year--
Unless--
by a supreme recovery of our moral health and martial vigor,
we arise again and take our stand for freedom,
as in the olden time."
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