Charles R. Smith
Monday, July 18, 2005

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  "If the Americans draw their missiles and position-guided ammunition onto the target zone on China's territory, I think we will have to respond with nuclear weapons," stated Zhu to the shocked audience.

"If the Americans are determined to interfere, [then] we will be determined to respond," said Zhu in reference to Taiwan.

"We ... will prepare ourselves for the destruction of all of the cities east of Xian. Of course the Americans will have to be prepared that hundreds ... of cities will be destroyed by the Chinese."

The Chinese official government spokesman refused to retract the statements made by General Zhu.

"We will never tolerate 'Taiwan Independence', neither will we allow anybody with any means to separate Taiwan from the motherland," said a foreign ministry spokesman.

So, Beijing has determined that it will reunite with its long-lost brothers and sisters in Taiwan even if it has to kill every last one of them - along with a hundred million U.S. citizens.

The last U.S. flag officer who suggested that nuclear weapons might be used on China was forced into an early retirement. Nuclear war policy is made in the White House and decisions to fight an atomic war rest with the president. Statements such as those made by Zhu are reserved for only the highest office in the United States.

General Xiong

However, it is clear that things are radically different in China. This is not the first time that a Chinese general has threatened to wage atomic war against America.

In 1996, a flag officer of the PLA stated that he was willing to vaporize Los Angeles if the U.S. came to the defense of Taiwan. PLA General Xiong was promoted after he made that statement. Xiong won second in command of the Chinese army and head of PLA military intelligence by threatening to turn L.A. into fallout ash.

The most recent threat to use nuclear weapons, by General Zhu, applies not just to the literal definition of Chinese territory but also to her warships and aircraft. Thus, even a defensive move by the U.S. against Chinese warships or aircraft may trigger World War III.

Meanwhile, inside Beijing the Chinese air force fighter pilot who rammed a U.S. reconnaissance aircraft over international waters is considered a hero because he was defending the "motherland" against the evil Western powers.

Right after the ramming incident, the Chinese foreign ministry declared that all of the South China Sea was PRC territory, in violation of the U.N. treaties that Beijing signed on to.

In addition, in 2004 the Chinese navy sent a nuclear-powered attack submarine inside Japanese territorial waters. The sub did not stray into Japanese territorial waters – it was ordered to violate international law at the highest levels. That little act of war was a deliberate and provocative demonstration of the mindset inside Beijing.

Not a Threat

Yet we still have Americans who feel that China is not a threat. I find it hard to understand anyone who would dare to claim that an open call for nuclear war is not a threat to the United States.

Many lawyers, corporate citizens and bankers favor the PRC and its nightmare takeover bid. They see no threat in the attempted takeover of Unocal by a Chinese government-owned company. Not only is the bid by the Chinese oil company illegal, because most of the money is to be provided by the PRC government, it is also dangerous to U.S. security, both political and economic.

I am sure that there are those who would claim that a Chinese government buyout of Lockheed or Boeing would also be a simple financial transaction. They do not see the direct threat in the Unocal oil company being held by a government willing to violate all international laws and treaties it has signed.

They clearly do not see the organized effort to de-industrialize the U.S. They do not see the unemployed Americans, forced to fight for their lives, competing with the virtual slave labor force employed by the PLA. The lawyers, bankers and corporate big wigs do not see the Lao Gai concentration camps in China, where millions of political prisoners shovel coal and manufacture goods for sale in the U.S.

There is no discussion of national security, human rights or labor rights at the corporate board level. The only topic of discussion is return on investment to the stockholders.

There are many who do not understand or want to hear the words of Chinese General Zhu. I, for one, believe Zhu. The Chinese army and the Chinese Communist Party want to fight a nuclear war with the U.S.

If China wants to re-establish its 3,000-year-old empire and return all lands lost to the "motherland," then everything east of Warsaw needs to be turned over at once.

If China would like to stop living in the past and join the civilized world, statements such as those made by Zhu have to be punished, not rewarded.

General Zhu's words are a wake-up call. It is time to stop dealing with the communists in China. Stop the trade; stop the sending of advanced technology, close the PLA companies operating here in the U.S.

The policy of appeasement, feeding the dragon in the hopes it will not devour us, is a failure. It is time to show communist China for what it is: an "evil empire" bent on world domination.

Charles Smith will be on:

The Jerry Hughes Show on Friday, 7/22/05, at 3 p.m. Eastern time. Show information at http://www.cilamerica.com.

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