Lang Lang, a Chinese pianist, played the anti-American theme song to the movie “Battle on Shangganling Mountain” at the White House. The song is used by the ChiComs to inspire nationalism and hatred of the United States.
The film [Battle on Shangganling Mountain] depicts a group of “People’s Volunteer Army” soldiers who are first hemmed in at Shanganling (or Triangle Hill) and then, when reinforcements arrive, take up their rifles and counterattack the U.S. military “jackals.”
The movie and the tune are widely known among Chinese, and the song has been a leading piece of anti-American propaganda by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for decades… The message of the propaganda is that the United States is an enemy—in fighting in the Korean War the United States’ real goal was said to be to invade and conquer China. The victory at Triangle Hill was promoted as a victory over imperialists.
The song Lang Lang played describes how beautiful China is and then near the end has this verse, “When friends are here, there is fine wine /But if the jackal comes /What greets it is the hunting rifle.” The “jackal” in the song is the United States.
The ChiComs see the playing of this song as a substantial show of Chinese authority. Moreover, this episode will be played as further evidence of the weakness of President Obama, and the United States, in China and around the world.
From his international bowing tour, to his rejection of American Exceptionalism, President Obama is the leading advocate of American decline. Obama’s weakness is provocative. While the media and Old Europe may admire President Obama, America’s enemies laugh at the United States’ impotence.
The playing of this song is the next pathetic chapter in the Obama presidency. The world did not love George W. Bush, but they did fear him. Would the Chinese be so brash if an adult was in the White House?
A suggestion of some appropriate music for the President’s next official visit to China:
This week I have written a lot about defense spending, and the need to ensure that the United States maintains the world’s premier fighting forces. “If we know anything, it is that weakness is provocative,” as Secretary Rumsfeld said. President Obama has demonstrated the validity this axiom time and again.
Earlier this week, it was revealed that North Korea has been aggressively pursuing their nuclear weapons program. Today, North Korea fired artillery shells at the South Korean island of Yeonpyeong, in the most serious military action in Korea sine the 1950-53 war.
The bottom line here is that Freedom’s enemies see a weak American president and they want to capitalize on this opportunity. President Obama has been gutting the military (Michael Auslin’s article on the hollowing out of the Air Force is frightening), pandering to dictators, and snubbing allies. The logical result of Obama’s actions is a challenge from America’s enemies.
The last president to look as impotent as Obama was Jimmy Carter. If you are looking for a single person to blame for the current regime in Iran, you can look to Jimmy Carter. President Carter’s asinine handling of the the Shah of Iran and the jihadist revolution is the reason that Iran is ruled by a genocidal death cult, as opposed to staunch Western ally. The incompetence of one president can change the geopolitical map forever.
Enemy regimes see the Obama presidency as an opportunity to advance their goals and fill the power vacuum the United States is creating. What will Obama do about the North Korean’s actions? Denounce them in at the next United Nations meeting? Nothing scares maniac dictators more than a mildly worded letter threatening future, more sternly worded letters, from a bloated and worthless bureaucracy.
China is North Korea’s enabler. They keep the despotic regime afloat. The Chinese see a pesky North Korea as a valuable distraction to be used against the United States. While the United States is focused on North Korea, the Chinese have been able to expand their power and influence within Asia.
Knowing that North Korea is dependent upon China for essentially everything, North Korea would have had to clear today’s military actions with the Chinese. What if this is a rehearsal to gauge President Obama’s resolve? The attacks on South Korea could just be about Korea, or it could be about China preparing to move on Taiwan.
The ChiComs have coveted the Republic of China since the United States abandoned the free Chinese in favor of the communists after World War II. What would Obama do if China moved on Taiwan? Could the United States do anything that would anger their financier? Obama is weak and the world knows it. The Obama presidency will prove to be one of the most disastrous decisions the American electorate has ever made.
Seventeenth century philosopher Baruch Spinoza coined the idiom “nature abhors a vacuum.” With President Obama planning withdrawals from Iraq and Afghanistan, severe cuts in military spending, and a talking down of American Exceptionalism, the United States is creating a power vacuum.
President Obama has pursued a course of peace through weakness and surrender. Obama’s gutting of the military is emboldening America’s enemies (as I have written about on previous occasions).
In 2001, Osama Bin Laden explained “when people see a strong horse and a weak horse, by nature, they will like the strong horse.” Can anyone honestly say that President Obama’s apology/bow to dictators tour has made the United States look like the ‘strong horse’?
Instead, countries like China see the Obama presidency as an opportunity to fill the vacuum that the United States is creating.
If it is true that the ‘mystery missile’ fired off the California coast was indeed launched from a Chinese submarine, it would just be the latest provocation from the ChiComs.
A recent article in the LA Times, that appeared is this weeks Sunday Feature, detailed China’s increasing presence in the Middle East. China has been trading with and helping to fund regimes in Turkey, Syria and Iran. Now, China has an eye on expanding in Iraq, following the withdrawal of the United States. China’s funding of enemy regimes like Iran and Syria is no mistake.
As President Obama downsizes the United States military, the Chinese are expanding and modernizing their military. The Chinese are regularly shocking experts with their advanced military capabilities (see: U.S.S. Kitty Hawk stalking). Where is the money coming from for the Chinese to rapidly upgrade their military? American tax payers. According to Mark Steyn, by 2015 the entire Chinese military will be funded by American debt interest payments. To drive that point home, Steyn said, “when the Commies take Taiwan, suburban families in Connecticut and small businesses in Idaho will have paid for it.”
There are three important takeaways here:
The first lesson is that, as Secretary Rumsfeld said, “if we know anything, it is the weakness is provocative.” Cutting defense spending is always a terrible idea. The Chinese are assembling a 21st century military. The United States cannot afford to ever fall behind.
The second lesson is that President Obama’s planned withdrawal from a world at war is dangerous, reckless and inexcusable. The power vacuum an American retreat from the Middle East would create will have disastrous results. It is absolutely not in America’s best interest to cede power to the ChiComs, especially in the tinderbox region that is the Middle East.
The third lesson is that the national debt is a deadly serious issue. The United States cannot continue funding the expansion of the Chinese military. After WWII the entire world was seemingly in debt to the United States. Now the United States is the world’s largest debtor. The United States’ largest creditor is China. At this time it is undeniable that the national debt is a national security threat.
These are serious times that require a strong leader; something Barack Obama is not.
Remember the ‘mystery missile’ fired just off the California coast earlier this month:
California’s ‘mystery missile’ has been described as: nothing, an optical illusion, a toy rocket, a misfired US missile, an airplane, a ‘black-ops’ Navy test, and who knows what else. Is it possible that the ‘mystery missile’ was launched by a Chinese submarine?
Three-Star Air Force Lieutenant General Thomas G. McInerney made a convincing case on FOX News’ Hannity that the ‘mystery missile’ was definitely not the contrail form an airplane. General McInerney, a 35-year Air Force veteran, is certain that the ‘mystery missile’ was in fact a missile:
One theory gaining credibility in military circles is that the missile was a JL-2 SLBM (Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile), fired from a Chinese Type 094 Jin-class submarine.
This would hardly be the first time the Chinese have fired a waring shot too close to home. In 2007, the United States Navy deployed a battle fleet on exercises, led by the U.S.S. Kitty Hawk, a 1,000ft supercarrier with a 4,500 person crew. Suffice it to say, the security around these things is tight. During the test maneuvers, a Chinese Song-class submarine surfaced after stalking the U.S.S. Kitty Hawk, breaching all security, and getting within torpedo firing range, completely undetected.
As mentioned above, the ‘mystery missile’ was fired 35 miles away from the California coast. Skeptics of the China theory doubt a Chinese submarine could get that close to California undetected. However, the U.S.S. Kitty Hawk stalking was described as “as big a shock as the Russians launching Sputnik,” according to one NATO official. The Chinese have invested a great deal of money into modernizing their military. The United States has repeatedly been ‘shocked’ by Chinese military advancements.
Additionally, the Chinese quite regularly threaten the United States. In 1996, Gen. Xiong Guangkai, then the second highest ranking official in the Chinese military, mused about how easy it would be to “vaporize” Los Angeles with nuclear weapons.
Asian intelligence reports claim that the Chinese submarine that launched the ‘mystery missile’ cruised through the weakly deffended South Pacific, getting to 35 miles off the California coast, from where the missile was fired (click here to view the alleged route).
Why would China do this? There are a number of plausible reasons.
The First (and in my opinion most likely) reason China may have fired the ‘mystery missile’ was in anticipation of the G-20 meeting with President Obama. The Chinese have routinely fired warning shots at the United States when they disagreed with American policies. Perhaps the United States’ largest creditor is not crazy about the Federal Reserve’s concerted effort to destroy the value of the United States dollar.
In addition, President Obama intended to lecture the Chinese about manipulating the Renminbi in Seoul. The President’s concerns fell upon deaf ears. Firing a test missile off the California coast before the meeting could have been a signal to President Obama to tread lightly.
The Second potential reason is that China was demonstrating its military prowess. Launching a missile off the coast of the most populace state in the Union sends a very firm message. If the ‘mystery missile’ was fired by the Chinese, they let the President and the military know that the United States cannot stop a Chinese submarine, which can carry up to 12 JL-2 ballistic missiles with nuclear capabilities; a serious shot across America’s bow.
To Mr. Obama: “Don’t get too friendly with the Indians, they aren’t going to counterbalance us anytime soon. ”
To the United States Navy: “You want freedom of passage in our South China Sea EEZ for your military? Now we sail in yours. By the way, you better start spending money on anti-submarine defense of the US coastline again, hope you can afford it.”
If you doubt that China would something like this remember: they’re communists.
Citizens Against Government Waste just released a hard hitting advertisement warning of the dangers of deficit spending.
I can already see the lines of liberals coming out to charge that this video was produced by right wing alarmists. Some Obama liberals might even say that a post-American world would be a good thing. Most liberals will just argue that this is an impossible vision of the future.
China is growing at more than 5.5x the speed of the US and is using its wealth to buy US debt.
In this world, ownership is power. Today, China owns the US. If we continue on this path, the United States will face the terrifying future depicted in that video.
It seems that that question is too rarely asked in the West. Americans and Canadians alike — particularly those in government — live in fear of offending the Chinese and turn a blind eye to what they’re actually doing…even within our borders. One Canadian Member of Parliament challenged that norm though: Rob Anders. Rob has frequently been hailed by us here on Strictly Right as the best thing to ever happen in Canadian politics. That still stands today.
In a recent interview with Epoch Times, an international newspaper founded by Falun Gong supporters, Mr. Anders suggested politicians and government officials from Canada and other countries are being wooed with extravagant gifts, beautiful young women and too-good-to-be-true business deals.
“The reach is deep, and it’s very unfortunate,” Mr. Anders told the newspaper.
“I would argue that I’ve seen things happen on a federal level as well in our own government. And so I think there’s a lot more than he has even mentioned,” the Calgary MP added, referring to Canadian Security Intelligence Service director Richard Fadden.
“I think that Mr. Fadden only gingerly scratched the surface. I feel for him that he was dragged before an investigative committee with Parliament to have to explain, and I think that this situation is far worse that what he let on.”
On this episode of Strictly Right, Obama’s thuggery and sluggery with the BP oil spill. As well, a great discussion on the liberal plurality who oppose morality.
It seems that Calgary Member of Parliament Rob Anders is the politician your politician could smell like. When a card for the troops in Afghanistan was placed in the lobby of the Canadian House of Commons for Members of Parliament to sign, instead of the standard well-wishes and platitudes, the great Rob Anders offered some great advice, “When in doubt, pull the trigger.” Of course, the opposition MP’s took this opportunity to tell the House how much they disliked Rob (they enjoy having these opportunities.) Anyone without any military background (like Dick Blumenthal, for example) wouldn’t know that “when in doubt, pull the trigger” is just a common military expression that means stay safe. The Leftists must have missed the memo.
Need further evidence for how awesome Rob Anders is?
Posner said in addition to talks on freedom of religion and expression, labor rights and rule of law, officials also discussed Chinese complaints about problems with U.S. human rights, which have included crime, poverty, homelessness and racial discrimination.
He said U.S. officials did not whitewash the American record and in fact raised on its own a new immigration law in Arizona that requires police to ask about a person’s immigration status if there is suspicion the person is in the country illegally.
The ChiComs have killed tens of millions of their own people. The great leftist hero, Mao Zedong, the father of Chinese communism, makes Hitler and Stalin look like pikers. Mao was responsible for the deaths of 50 – 70 million people. His margin of error error is 20 million. Those a crimes no one can come close to. Since Mao’s death, the Chinese government has been characterized by rampant human rights abuses, intolerance of religion, and unchecked censorship of all critical media. The country is a prison state. While we are shown the major developed cities, we do not see the desolate villages where most Chinese people toil away on government owned collectives.
With that in mind, Chairman O sees fit to compare Arizona enforcing federal law, and the integrity of its own border to the genocidal claque that rules China. Arizona is overrun with illegal aliens. Phoenix has become the human abduction capital of the United States. Drug cartels run the border area, committing numerous acts of violent crime and causing significant ecological damage. In response, Arizona just wants to have the law enforced. This act is what the Obama kakistocracy (who’s top law enforcement official has NOT read the Arizona law) compares to the most murderous regime in human history. In 1988 George H. W. Bush said that Michael Dukakis “sees America as another pleasant country on the U.N. role call somewhere between Albania and Zimbabwe,” meaning that he saw the United States as just another country. For Obama, The United States is not just another country, it is worse than other countries. Obama and the left see the Untied States, not communists or jihadists as the greatest purveyors of evil in the world. The idiotic comparison of Arizona’s immigration law to the policies of the Chinese is a shining example of Obama’s anti-America world view.
