 There's no enemy as cherished, as much kin, as the enemy you create yourself. |
We can't see them, but, like a sickly coalmine canary, the decaying diplomatic relationship between China and the U.S. seems to be evidence enough of their presence. There must be unseen arrows, we reason, shot high and many, threatening our way of life, and there is currently no missle shield to protect us from our own mania and apprehension regarding their fall.
Interesting facts:
(Spot the one which is not a fact.)
1. China has a civilization which is several millenia old.*
2. It has an amazingly rich and varied history and culture.
3. It will stop at nothing until you and your family have been destroyed.
It is torture, watching this incremental creation of an enemy.
Are spies intent on building a Chinese Cisco? Lucent Technologies claims two of its U.S. employees (who are Chinese nationals) are engaged in global corporate espionage. Some involuntary conditioned response is urging me to quickly, quickly lower my Propaganda Filter for the next few months.
This event seems likely to obscured by the shadow of other similar stories. I seem to recall something in the news about a man named Wen Ho Lee, a U.S. nuclear scientist. And something very recently about a spy plane collision in China. I wish I could find some links to these heretofore under-reported events.**
As America's recent foreign policy decisions turn isolationist, the international community has chosen to exclude our country's participation in the UN Human Rights commission. What does it say about us that we've been turning away from once-cherished political ideals? Do we label ourselves pragmatic?
Did you know that the U.S. successfully sent an unmanned spy plane across the Pacific Ocean?
*My Dad very politely pointed out that my grammar and vocabulary suck. I changed this sentence b/c I thought by saying "millenia-old" I meant the plural of millenium as in "many thousands." I had written the following: "China has a millenia-old civilization." I can see where I confused the point.
**sarcasm