The War With China Has Already Begun . . . and We’re Losing
The attack on what we stand for and what we believe in is well underway, and very little is being done to counteract it...
PUBLIUS SPECIAL GUEST: Jared Knott, author of Tiny Blunders/Big Disasters: Thirty-Nine Tiny Mistakes That Changed the World Forever. Knott was a decorated combat infantry officer in Vietnam in the First Air Cavalry Division.
Normally we think of wars as involving shooting, tanks, warplanes, artillery barrages, amphibious assaults and graphic videos on the evening news. But modern warfare can take on unusual, even grotesque, configurations which, in some cases, may be even more threatening than the conventional kind.
It is well known that the synthetic opioid fentanyl and its precursors are manufactured in China, exported to Mexico, and sold primarily to the Sinaloa and Jalisco drug cartels among others at a meager price. The cartels then manufacture the actual finished product in pill form and bring it across our open border to be sold to our vulnerable and unsuspecting young people.
The casualties are predictable and yet staggering: 72,000 Americans die each year from fentanyl overdoses alone. The drug is sometimes disguised in the form of other medications or more benign recreational drugs as a trap for the unsuspecting. Drug overdoses are now the leading cause of death in the United States among young people between the ages of 18 and 44. This was not true even just a few years ago.
All of this would seem to be counter-productive. Why would the Chinese and the drug cartels want to kill their own customers? In the context of China’s war to dominate the world, it should be understood that the purpose of this huge international program is not to create a profit so much as it is to weaken and damage America as much as possible. It is part of the Chinese campaign of hegemony to bring our nation and its people under their domination.
If there is any doubt about the success of this campaign against our complacent population, a quick review of the casualty counts brings the entire situation into sharp focus. The battle deaths from our last four wars are listed as follows:
The Korean Conflict: 33,739
Vietnam War: 47,434
Persian Gulf War: 1,565
Global War on Terror: 6,852
Total: 89,590
The exact number of deaths from Chinese imported drugs for the last three years is not known. However, at 72,000 plus per year, the death toll could easily exceed 180,000. This would make it approximately double the deaths from our last four wars combined.
Based on the numbers from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the number of people dying from drug overdoses has tripled in the last 10 years. There was a slight drop in the numbers in 2018 which many people hoped was a sign that we were beginning to turn the corner. But then there was a slight increase in 2019 and sadly an explosive surge during the 2020 lockdowns. This most substantial increase seemed to coincide with a shift in the particular type of drug being used from heroin to fentanyl. The easy availability and lower cost of the drug from China may have been behind this new expanding dynamic.
Tragically, it must be pointed out, however, that overdose deaths are only part of the overall problem. There are also the many people who become addicted to drugs and have their lives permanently crippled. Individuals who might otherwise have been happy and productive citizens are living on the streets in squalor and filth. Both deaths and ongoing addictions tear at the fabric of our society and make us weaker as a nation. This is the true purpose of the entire Chinese drug campaign against our country.
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BIO: Jared Knott has had numerous articles published in the Mensa Bulletin and in graduate school textbooks on subjects ranging from Supreme Court Reform to Arctic Exploration. He was a decorated combat infantry officer in Vietnam in the First Air Cavalry Division. In his civilian career, he has served as a vice president of sales + marketing and marketing director in the home improvement industry. A father of five, he lives in the Atlanta area with his wife, Kathryn.
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Jared Knott, author of Tiny Blunders/Big Disasters: Thirty-Nine Tiny Mistakes That Changed the World Forever. Knott was a decorated combat infantry officer in Vietnam in the First Air Cavalry Division.