-Caveat Lector- Interesting Asian take on Clinton. Offered for informational purposes only. flw Date: Friday, February 12, 1999 11:04 AM Subject: The PLA shocked at Clinton's willingness to put USA at risk. >The New Australian >By Zhang's Column >No. 105, 1-7 February 1999 >Many readers have asked whether there is more to Chinese officials calling >Clinton "nanren men zai hua sheng dun" (our man in Washington)* than just >mandarin-like smugness. Surely, they wonder, there is something more >sinister afoot. Yes, is the answer, but not in the way they have construed >it. What is not generally understood is that Beijing's 'control' over >Clinton has been exercised by exploiting his venality, arrogance, >intellectual vanity and immoral nature. As keen students of history (I do >not mean that dialectical nonsense) with an unbroken cultural tradition >extending back several thousand years, they have become astute judges of >character. (An invaluable faculty in an environment where only the ruthless >rise to the top and where an erroneous character assessment has been known >to prove fatal). >This is why Clinton's secret meeting with high-ranking PLA officers have >gone so well for Beijing. Unlike Clinton and, to put it bluntly, his policy >hacks Chinese officials have cultural continuity, a fierce nationalist pride >and a sense and feel for history. For them, there is no short-term >gratification; each move, tactic and manoevre is designed to promote the >long term interest of the Middle Kingdom.** These people have only >justifiable contempt for the Clinton administration's student-sixties view >of the world. A view that could have dire consequences for the West if it is >not dealt with. I have no doubt it will come as a surprise to Clinton's >supporters to learn that Beijing officials have the greatest respect for >Harry Truman. Here was a man who stood up for America, valued its >traditions, never mocked its history or achievements and had no illusions >about its enemies, recognising their true nature. >The danger does not come from communism, which is truly dead in China, it >comes from crude nationalism: the kind that fuelled Nazi Germany and >motivated the Japanese military. Just as the economic mismanagement and >political incompetence created conditions for the rise of Naziism, so a >similar chain of events might arise in China. None of this is understood in >the kindergarten that was once called the Oval Office. Instead of standing >fast with China's reformers, offering them unstinting support, making clear >there would be no truck with warlords, Clinton chose to abandon them. >There is no doubt that Clinton allowed military technology to be sold to the >PLA for campaign funds and other 'measures'. Not a soul in Beijing questions >this view. Even some within the PLA were shocked at the willingness of the >Clinton political machine to put at risk the very survival of its country. >But perhaps what caused them the greatest shock (though a pleasant one) was >that Clinton, his advisers and business supporters were incapable of >understanding the nature of their offence. It was literally beyond their >understanding. Disconnected from any moral moorings and totally alienated >from the traditions and history of their own country, they were adrift in a >cultural vacuum. No wonder Chinese officials could not believe their luck. >However, these officials are not fools. They know just how rapidly the >American mood can swing, something the Korean War taught them. But they also >recognise that there exists in America a very strong isolationist >undercurrent that runs in tandem with an even stronger tradition of >patriotism. The trick is to stroke the former without provoking the latter. >In this respect they have been remarkably lucky in the person of William >Jefferson Clinton, the most narcissistic, pliable and corrupt president in >the history of the United States. By occasionally rattling the sabre at >Sadam while simultaneously gutting America's military machine he has not >only diverted attention from events in China he has also weakened America's >ability to deal with an aggressive Chinese military dictatorship should one >emerge. >I firmly believe it is only because the American media is dominated by the >dregs of the sixties and seventies that Clinton has been allowed to escape >the just consequences of his destructive behaviour. What depresses me, and >so many informed Chinese, is that the American public is yet to see through >man; to realise the mortal danger he may very well have placed it. Do not >get me wrong. I am not suggesting for a moment that PLA generals are >planning a first strike. What could happen is that some of them might >mistake Clinton's cowardice and moral degeneracy as representative of the >nation and act on the assumption that aggression does indeed have its own >rewards, just as Japan did in the 1930s. Remember that Hitler was absolutely >convinced that Britain was so weak morally and militarily that it would >never fight. The rest, as they say, is history. >In the final scene of the The Manchurian Candidate the brainwashed victim, >who has broken free of his controler, assassinates his mother and stepfather >who were at the centre of a plot to murder the president and take control of >the country. Unfortunately Clinton is so thoroughly corrupt that there is >absolutely nothing he can do to redeem himself. He is not a victim of >circumstances. He is not a victim of his instincts. He is a dangerous >self-absorbed brat with no concern for anyone or anything, possessing only a >pathological need to satisfy his own desires regardless of the cost to >others. The sooner the Clinton presidency and everyone and everything >connected with it has been exorcised from America the safer the world will >be. >Perhaps now readers will understand why Clinton is called "nanren men zai >hua sheng dun" (our man in Washington) as well as hou yan wu chi. > > DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. 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