What to Expect When You're Expecting

“Mark my words. Mark my words. It will not be six months before the world tests Barack Obama like they did John Kennedy. The world is looking."

We all heard it. It was all over the news for a few days, this statement Joe Biden made at a pre-election rally in Seattle. It scared a lot of people. At least briefly, it had voters questioning the experience and wherewithal of Barack Obama and his potential ability to deal with an international crisis. But the press, acting totally out of character, quickly quieted this piece of bad publicity for their little cherub, and America was able to abandon all doubts surrounding the Senator.

An elephant never forgets. Biden’s warning is still fresh in my head, and I’m anxiously awaiting this impending catastrophe. Counting from Inauguration Day and using Joe’s time table, we’ve got until no later than July 20th to prepare, including determining where it’s coming from.

Biden went on in his speech to mention some of the possible threats: “They may emanate from the Middle East. They may emanate from the sub-continent. They may emanate from Russia's newly-emboldened position because they're floating in a sea of oil." He fails to mention, I think out of fear, the foremost threat to our power and freedom. While I’m not usually one for prediction, I want to throw my idea out there so that if, God forbid, it should come to pass, I can say I told you so. And if I’m proven to have this precognizant gift for international affairs, election in 2040 should be no problem.

It’s Red China. For decades, we’ve feigned blindness toward their obvious violations of basic human rights and pretended to be unaware of their tyrannical, communist regime for the sake of commerce. We cut off trade with Cuba for much less sadistic behavior and slapped sanctions on South Africa under apartheid, but because there are over a billion customers and billions of dollars up for grabs in China, alongside slave labor and cheap imports, we allow greed to take precedent over principle. We don’t stand up to China because of their economic weight, and it’s proving America to be a country run by money-hungry hypocrites.

Many members of Congress have been trying to justify our relationship with China by using the “Engagement Theory”, an idea that suggests that we can lead communist countries into freedom and democracy by continuing to do business with them, as if our dollars carry capitalist germs into the country and infect oppression’s very immune system. China is proof that this theory is bogus. In fact, our capitalist dollars are fueling their system and pushing China closer and closer to beating the United States out for #1 on the economic powerhouse list.

We even went so far in condoning China’s actions that we, under the Clinton administration, gave up top-secret information that has led to China’s advancement in their weapons technology. Now, if they so desired, the Chinese could take out all of our communication satellites in a matter of minutes.

China is even reported to be helping out in al Qaida’s efforts to snuff out the American flame, donating huge quantities of ammunition that we found stashed in bin Laden’s caves in early 2002. Even though in 2001 we made a promise to retaliate against anyone who aided or harbored terrorists, China seems to have a whole deck of get-out-of-jail-free cards. And we keep letting them pass Go.

So here’s my prediction: China is going to try to take back Taiwan. Violently. And according to the Taiwan Relations Act, passed in 1979 when we first entered our trading relationship with China, our first commitment is to Taiwan. The Act outlines that “the United States’ decision to establish diplomatic relations with the People’s Republic of China rests upon the expectation that the future of Taiwan will be determined by peaceful means.” So if China’s means are anything but peaceful, the United States should, as promised, cease her diplomacy with China.

If I were China, I would not be afraid of America. From all other aspects, I am amazed at America's strength and integrity and principle, but when it comes to China, for the past thirty years, we’ve done nothing but show them the liquidity of our backbone. The Clinton administration already reneged on the Taiwan Relations Act once, and I’m sure China expects our incoming administration to do the same if tested.

If tested. According to Joe Biden there’s no if, only when. So IF this is the test awaiting Obama, WHEN it happens, I’ll be ready for disappointment. After all, he’s filling his cabinet with nothing but Clintonites. Why should he behave any better than his mentor? China will attack Taiwan, and Obama will do very little about it. And thus, communism will take back one of its former victims.

Hey, does anyone remember the Domino Theory?