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Dec 18, 2003 For those of us who may be concerned about our President’s comments directed at Taiwan the other day, don’t worry. If mainland Communist China attacks the democratic island of Taiwan, we will be there to defend her. For now, we should see things remain at status quo. We are trying to be diplomatic with the communists because they are helping us in our efforts to diffuse the North Korean situation. They may eventually prove themselves worthless in that but the policy of the United States concerning Taiwan has not changed. We will defend Taiwan. We know the only people that really trust the Communist Chinese are the members of the demic-rat party who personally prospered from their many illegal campaign contributions. But, I guess that’s better than nothing. The United States is absolutely right to limit Iraq reconstruction bids to corporations among the coalition partners. The U.N. can go fly a kite too. The first bomb in their compound brought immediate evacuation and old Kofi’s claim that Iraq is still too dangerous for the U.N. to be involved. And what of the brass of the Canadian government? They said none of the nations that failed to support the war effort should be barred because the Iraqi people really need the help. Heck! They needed the help to depose Saddam! We need bold, innovative and responsible help inside Iraq. We do not need the cowardly French, German, Russians, Chinese or Canadians wearing Kofi-blue helmets and running away at the first sign of conflict. So please, write and tell Senator Biden, Steven Schooner and John Kerry to shut up. People who are willing to help deserve the benefits of contract awards. Cowards are not welcome. Looking at Afghanistan, we continue to take it to the Taliban, keeping them on the run and smoking them out of their holes. If Hamid Karzai is to have any shot at all in drafting a constitution and putting a government together then he needs the collective support of the many warlords that control personal armies within the country’s borders. The only unifying principle seems to be a collective hatred of the Taliban. One by one the warlords are being won over by the possibility of a government by and for the people. A grand assembly to decide on a constitution is scheduled for October 2004. We shall see then. Ah. North Korea says it will not continue 6 nation talks until the United States (1) takes North Korea off the list of terrorist sponsor nations, (2) lifts the political, economic and military sanctions and blockade, (3) gives heavy oil, electricity and other energy assistance. Quote: “If this takes place, a foundation to continue six-nation talks will be created…” The answer from the United States: “…we’re not going to reward North Korea for its violations of its international commitments. Nor are we going to provide rewards to achieve their compliance with obligations they have already taken on and subsequently violated.” I believe the basketball term for that is “a rejection”. Yes, foreign policy can be scary. Can you imagine if Al Gore were President? The Taliban would still hold power in Afghanistan. The Communist Chinese would be stamping their wares “Made in Taiwan”. The North Koreans would have two additional appeasement nuclear power plants. Saddam would still be filling mass graves in Iraq and no telling how many other September 11th type events we would be memorializing. Understand, Gore is now backing Dean who would never have begun a war against terrorism in the first place. Think on that. More to come... ------------ About the Author: Independent, Conservative, Christian. Married 29 years with 5 children raised and one grandson being raised. 30 year Army Veteran and published poet with www.poetry.com since Y2K. Email Michael John McCrae: michael.mccrae@us.army.mil Comment on this column in the forum. Tell a friend about this site! ------------ |
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