Bacon, Guns & Whiskey

China — way back in 1994 — decided that they were going to be in a different position in the world and embarked in the “year of reform.” What you don’t know (or haven’t thought about recently) is that the “year of reform” never stopped.

Fast forward more than 30 years, and China is openly attacking US infrastructure and launching other cyber attacks against the United States. Even in the “real world” China is working to position itself so that it can defeat the US and withstand any military or economic retaliation they might receive.

China is the single most existential threat to the United States since World War II — perhaps even worse.

The worst part? 65% of Chinese companies are partially- or completely state-owned. That means that new big-screen TV, or Temu order you placed puts money in the pockets of the Chinese government — funding the Chinese military and its ramp up. Including the life-size mock ups of US aircraft carriers currently being used for Chinese bombing practice.

So we’re funding a significant portion of the Chinese military and the Chinese government is openly hostile to the United States. A conflict that the US is simply not prepared for. Obama and Biden shrank from the reality of it, but the current administration is not. It’s about time.