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I testified before the House Oversight Committee about the influence of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in the United States. For Americans of my generation, testifying before a Congressional committee is a big deal and an honor.
However, I suspected that the hearing could be derailed for political purposes, and that was the case.maybe you saw Headline about “chaos” in public hearings?
As a result, there were several important topics that I did not address in my testimony. I’ll talk about them later, but before that, here’s what I covered.
Bottom line: America no longer enjoys the protection of distance that the strategic community has taken for granted for centuries. The last time the American mainland faced serious invasion by a foreign power was during the War of 1812.
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The Chinese Communist Party has systematically wrested its supremacy from us through a multi-pronged political warfare campaign against us.
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The most obvious method is the Chinese Communist Party’s cyber intrusions into America and its citizens. Communists in China are present in our nation’s critical infrastructure, communications systems, automobiles, healthcare, genetic data, and schools. China’s 2015 OPM hack provided highly private files on 22 million Americans with security clearance.
The same Americans who are enraged by Chinese spy balloons flying overhead also have Chinese spy apps in their pockets on their phones.
Distance cannot protect us from their devastating chemical warfare. Fentanyl, which originates from China, killed more than 70,000 Americans last year alone, destroying families, communities, and cities like Baltimore and Philadelphia.
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The Chinese government could stop it if it wanted. But why should we? We are weakening our greatest enemy and we are not doing anything about it.
The same goes for economics. China has been destroying our manufacturing and other commercial sectors in a targeted manner, including defense-critical industries such as shipbuilding and critical minerals. Millions of jobs have been lost over the past two decades, hundreds of billions of dollars a year in revenue, and the country is dependent on China for everything from medicines to F-35 parts.
We are deeply penetrated and damaged, yet there is little response.
How to fight internal enemies
For the first time in our history, our distance cannot protect us. We have never faced anything like this. We are constantly under attack from within.
Among the recommendations I have made to begin fighting back is that the U.S. government needs to relearn political warfare, and that someone needs to take responsibility for political warfare efforts and their success or failure. There is no one at the moment.
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And at the very least, standards of reciprocity should be introduced. You cannot buy land near military bases in China. They shouldn’t be able to buy land near us.
In terms of economy and technology, we should not do things that will help China, such as letting China attack our research institutes.
It should also be too costly for American agents in Washington, Wall Street, on Capitol Hill and on campuses to do China’s bidding.
We should always raise the issue of human rights in China. Oppressing the people is necessary for the survival of the Chinese Communist Party system. Everyone should know that. And we must protect all people of Chinese descent in the United States from intimidation by Chinese Communist Party agents.
what i didn’t say
I would have said this if some people on the committee hadn’t been so determined to derail the hearing.
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ukraine
Ukraine is important, and a “victory” for President Putin will undoubtedly encourage China.
But as a basic military principle, if you focus on one front and ignore other important fronts, especially “behind the lines,” you lose.
border
Our wide open borders are setting us up for defeat. If borders are ignored, then a play about Ukraine is just that – a play.
With fentanyl flowing across the border, China has killed more Americans than Putin has killed Ukrainians.
This emboldens China to attack us more than Russia’s victory over Ukraine.
The Chinese are not Putin’s puppets. In fact, it’s closer to the opposite.
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The Chinese Communist Party has been waging a political war against us for at least 50 years, since the founding of the People’s Republic of China. For the Chinese Communist Party, Ukraine is a sideshow. They will take advantage of that, but they will not stop attacking us. Until we do something about it.
I’m glad I was able to testify, and I still consider it an honor.
But when asked how seriously Congress is taking the China threat, I have to say, “Some of it is. But only some of it.”
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And when a young Marine asks me if it’s worth dying for America? “Maybe not.”
The only people who should be happy about the play at that hearing are in Beijing.
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