Obamboozled
Many of my fellows on the Right denounce the Obama Administration as "President Carter's second term." In this instance, they are spot on: the Two Chinas-link. In 1979, when the United States established full, normalized diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China (P.R.C., Red China), President Carter abandoned America's stalwart ally the Republic of China (R.O.C., Taiwan) to its fate. The Congress stepped in to defend America's honor, passing the Taiwan Relations Act that unto the present day requires the United States Government "to provide Taiwan with arms of a defensive character." President Obama, in a manner disturbingly reminiscent of Mr. Carter's kowtowing to Beijing, is dithering about selling Taiwan badly needed fighter jets. The only convincing explanation of why Mr. Obama is so reluctant to let the Taiwanese make a major arms purchase, in a moment when the Treasury could really use the money, is that the American president is conforming to the wishes of the tyrannical regime in Red China. President Obama has already boasted of America "leading from behind" in the Mediterranean. It seems increasing clear that he also wishes to abrogate American leadership in the Pacific, preferring to let the unelected tyrants of the Chinese Communist Party & their bloodthirsty enforcers in the People's Liberation Army call the shots. This is certainly a change, but not the type then-Senator Obama promised in '08. Weep for the future of the democracy in Taipei. Weep in shame at the moral cowardice of the man occupying the Oval Office.