I watched the Presidential News Conference in a state of absolute incredulity. Here was the President repeatedly giving his reasons for forcibly disarming Iraq: (1) it has weapons of mass destruction, (2) it is a threat to the United States, (3) it has murdered its own people, (4) it has invaded another country, (5) it does not allow dissent, etc.
Truly we are "an hypocritical nation ... whose heart is divided" (Isa. 10:6; Hosea 10:2). I say this because every single reason given by President Bush for forcibly disarming Iraq is infinitely more applicable to the People's Republic of China: (1) it has many known ICBM's, (2) it has threatened to nuke Los Angeles, (3) it holds the all-time record for murdering its own people, (4) in has invaded and occupied Tibet, while threatening Taiwan, and (5) it has the worst record of human rights abuse in all of recorded history, allowing neither religious freedom nor dissent. It is also a major dispenser of weapons of mass destruction to known terrorist states, selling nuclear technology, equipment, and chemical weapons to Iran, Syria, Algeria, and Pakistan.
It is also a fact that for the past 30 years the United States has been doing everything in its power to build the emerging Chinese superpower. We have given the Chinese insane trade concessions, while transferring our most guarded military and industrial technologies, along with much of our manufacturing base, to China.
The outrageous violation of human rights which occurred at Tiananmen Square in 1989 should also be mentioned because it made absolutely no difference in our trade relations with China.
In conclusion, these facts give the lie to any supposed War on Terrorism. If the United States were truly involved in a war on terrorism, we would not be involved in this insane buildup of Red China and its military. We would not be supporting China, the most terroristic of all nations, while continuing our genocide against the Iraqi people.
