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August 8, 2022
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Last week, we repeatedly asked why House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had made the trip to Taiwan that raised such ire from China. Of course, she had to go after news of the trip was leaked, but why plan such a trip in the first place? Mostly it ended up highlighting the weakness of the Biden administration towards the Communist Chinese.  And that can't  possibly help Taiwan.

Michael Pillsbury, Director of Chinese Strategy at the Hudson Institute and author of the book THE HUNDRED YEAR MARATHON about China’s long-term plans for world domination, appeared Sunday on LIFE, LIBERTY & LEVIN and addressed this very question. Pillsbury saw two reasons why Pelosi went, one laudable and the other a more cynical take:

1) (Laudable.) Since the 1990s, Pelosi actually has been an outspoken proponent of human rights in China. Pillsbury said she was “almost arrested” in Tiananmen Square in 1991 and is “a good friend” of the Dalai Lama, working to get him a medal from Congress and helping keep the Tibetan exile government alive.

2) (Cynical.) Republicans have lately been “capturing the national sentiment” on China as a threat. “Democrats were positioned poorly; they seemed to be helping China,” he said. (Editorial note: why would anyone get that idea?)  In some ways, her trip to Taiwan was a good thing, he said, but he called it a “performance,” done largely for political reasons, to convince Americans that, hey, Democrats are tough on China, too!

If Pelosi comes home and cooperates on Republican initiatives, he said, this will be a positive step.  But “if she comes back and gives a cold shoulder to everything Republicans want to do, then we’ll have to say this was a hypocritical trip, and has not really stopped the Chinese Hundred-Year Marathon at all.”

This entire episode of LIFE, LIBERTY & LEVIN is highly recommended watching. It’s all about how China is closing the gap on America, very deliberately so, and it’s quite an eye-opener. I hope our own administration and military aren’t as asleep at the wheel as they seem to be but am not optimistic. They appear much more concerned about “wokeness” and pronouns than they are, say, about China taking over shipping lanes around the world: Panama, South America, Western Africa, Southeast Asia. The CCP is positioning its chess pieces all over the globe. Assuming it's not too late by then, the next administration will have to be on top of this from the start.

https://video.foxnews.com/v/6310582958112#sp=show-clips

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  • Ila M. Davis

    08/08/2022 04:20 PM

    Even more scary is all the acres of land the Chinese have purchased next to our Air Force Bases...TX, North Dakota for two. 1) Who is selling them this land? 2) Next to AF Bases? Not hard to figure that one out, along with all the shipping lanes taken over....if I can see the writing on the wall, why can't our "esteemed representatives" in Washington??? I sure would like to hear more discussion on this!

  • Gwendolyn Szelc

    08/08/2022 04:17 PM

    I have thought that perhaps Nancy's visit was to "help her portfolio"....

    Our parents are turning over in their graves and thinking that America is just being "given away" .
    I am praying for Christian leaders to step forward and for the American people to open their eyes and see that our enemies are not our friends.

    God Bless you for all you do....

  • C. L.

    08/08/2022 04:12 PM

    Excuse me if I don't join those hypocritical Republicans and Fox anchors cheering Speaker Nancy Pelosi for her expensive, waste of fuel, photo op trip to Taiwan and as you said, "For what?" How quickly Republicans forget, this is the same Nancy Pelosi who sat behind President Trump while giving his excellent Address to the Nation; and "ripped up the pages of his superb speech," on camera in front a VIP audience and televised worldwide! Sen. Lindsey Graham jumped to the microphone to give his ranting and raving speech about what he was going to do about her unethical behavior, by with "censuring her," but did NOTHING! She received absolutely NO reprimand or censure for her mean spirited, hateful actions. Moreover, this is the same conniving Nancy Pelosi who tried to destroy President with (2) Impeachments based on manufactured false charges, accusing President Trump of being connected to President Putin and Russia, that was an absolute LIE that Pelosi and the satanic Democrat Committee and entire Democrat Party then and now, that their charges were total LIES -- and yet proceeded with a malevolent conspiracy against President Trump, the greatest President of our life time other than President Ronald Reagan ... PLUS "Witch Nancy" is still trying to destroy Donald Trump to keep him for ever running again for President because he totally disrupted the " Marxist Obama agenda" that Hillary Clinton was expected to carry on. The corrupt Democrats and Intelligence Department put President Trump through "hell" for over 4 years and still under persecution for the Jan 6 Capitol conspiracy against him for one reason -- HE has the intelligence to see through the corruption in Washington !!! For the blinded people that think "Empty suit, brain dead Joe Biden is leading this country -- they are badly wrong. Barack Obama never left power -- he just changed locations and running the Democrat from his "snake pit" in Martha's Vineyard or his home on Pennsylvania Ave, down the street from the White House!!! Wake up people!

  • Joan M Weydert

    08/08/2022 04:04 PM

    She went because Harris would have been laughable and Biden wouldn't know what to say

  • Timothy D. Naegele

    08/08/2022 04:02 PM

    Pelosi is demented; and there are reasons why Paul got a DUI, and may have been taking drugs too.

    If the GOP does not blow it, Nancy will be put out to pasture in November. However, expect more desperation from her between now and then.

  • Steve P

    08/08/2022 04:02 PM

    My hypothesis: I think Pelosi went to Taiwan to help Communist China (CCP).
    It starts with the premise that Democrats are more idealogically aligned with CCP than with Free-market Taiwan. If this premise is true, then Dems would welcome CCP taking over and absorbing Taiwan. How to help in that effort?

    Create a scenario, like Pelosi did, that allows CCP to generate propaganda to convince its own people that CCP has been aggrieved and threatened and must now (or soon) attack Taiwan for CCP's protection.

    Fill in the blank areas with the details: Biden's tepid admonishment of Pelosi not to go, Republicans cheering Pelosi on, thus giving CCP more fodder to convince its people of US belligerence.

    If you want real conspiracy, then perhaps it was all coordinated among Pelosi, Biden administration and CCP.

  • Roxythe L Harding

    08/08/2022 03:59 PM

    Thank you for keeping us informed - but it certainly is scary information sometimes. One step at a time though - WHY HAVE REPUBLICAN LEADERS NOT BEEN ENCOURAGING VOTERS TO VOLUNTEER TO HELP COUNT & MONITOR AT THEIR LOCAL POLLING STATIONS? We could very easily see a repeat of 2020 with 1 million votes cast for the Republican candidate (hopefully President Trump) & through computery trickery or flash drives loaded with illegal votes for the Democratic Candidate, make it look like the Republican Candidate only got 1000 votes. Where is the encouragement for voters to keep an eye on things?!?

  • Madeline Fuentez

    08/08/2022 03:57 PM

    When pelosi announced she was going to Taiwan there stocks fell in the chip sector. Paul pelosi prefers to invest in chip stocks. I believe the Chinese already own America through Joe Biden. They do not want war with us because that would destroy the very things they do want. By posturing and threatening they made pelosi look like a hero to the American people, which she needed in light of the j6 committee. I do not believe there will be a November midterm election. The Democrats cannot afford for the Republicans to win because they will face investigations and possibly jail. Just before November would be a great time for the CCP to announce it's takeover. Please excuse the spelling mistakes I am speaking this message into my phone. Thank you for all you do to keep us informed.

  • Mike Manoogian

    08/08/2022 03:29 PM

    I watch Mark Levin every Sunday evening. China is already in a multi-faceted war against us. Our undoing is an administration that seems totally unprepared to fight back. We had one for 4 years but not now. Recently, the WEF tightened its ties with China too and has willing ears in the White House. It will take a successful 2022 election as the voice of the people, vocal pundits, and more politicians other than Marco Rubio and Tom Cotton sounding the alarms.

  • Stanley Newhoff

    08/08/2022 03:27 PM

    China is not playing chess. They are playing Go. It’s a much more sophisticated game. If we don’t wise up, we will lose.