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* Uzay Bulut: China's 170 Million Spy Balloons and other Venus Fly Traps
* Caroline Glick: Responding to Hezbollah's Strategic Offensive


** China's 170 Million Spy Balloons and other Venus Fly Traps ([link removed])
How Communist China Plans to Rule the Rest of the World
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by Uzay Bulut • June 17, 2024 at 5:00 am
* "China owns $870 billion in U.S. Treasuries that finance our debt. And they either own or have a huge portion of the Chicago Stock Exchange, AMC movie theaters, General Electric's appliance division, General Motors, and Smithfield Foods just to name a few. On another alarming note, folks. China owns 384,000 acres of American agricultural land. That's a 30% increase just since 2019. And on top of that, they own land near an air force base in North Dakota. That's a clear threat to our national security and that's what the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill is going to address." — US Rep. Mike Collins, July 23, 2023.
* In 2023, Texas State Senator Lois Kolkhorst filed a bill, SB 147 that would ban "citizens, governments and entities from China, Iran, North Korea and Russia from purchasing land in the state, part of what she and other Republicans have said will help stem foreign influence in Texas."
* "What I fear most Americans do not realize the ambitions and goals of Xi Jinping. He and his thugs wish to bring our great nation under his control, and he'll do whatever he can to accomplish that goal." — Pastor Bob Fu, founder of ChinaAid, to promote religious freedom and rule of law in China, Midland Reporter-Telegram, March 7, 2023.
* "... Communist Party leaders... they are also suffering under this brutal dictator Xi Jinping. Nobody's safe, you know, many of his right-hand men, left-hand men are being ransomed, imprisoned, forced to commit suicide. You're talking about hundreds, many, I mean senior leaders end up now in prison or being killed, so nobody feels safe in the Communist Party regime." — Pastor Bob Fu, CBN News, January 2024.
* Such an oppressive regime based on fear, punishment, and total control of human behavior would bring an abrupt end to a free way of life. The international community needs to stand up to this ideology that virtually enslaves humanity by using methods that might seem benign -- such as technology.
* This year, so far, more than 24,200 Chinese citizens have entered the U.S. illegally across the southern border, plus more than 5,000 across the US northern border, for a total of more than 66,000 for 2023-24 so far. Even if just 1% of them are here to subvert America, that amounts to more than 660 potential saboteurs.
* The totalitarian ideology of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) includes instilling and exploiting fear to create discipline and generally control every step its population takes.
* For Communist China, America's 170 million TikTok users are the equivalent of having 170 million spy balloons. Meanwhile, cargo cranes from China with hidden listening devices are installed in US ports, and Huawei is an open line that could "disrupt US nuclear arsenal communications."
* "All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when we are able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must appear inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we are near." — Sun Tzu, The Art of War, circa 5th century BCE.

The totalitarian ideology of the Chinese Communist Party includes instilling and exploiting fear to create discipline and generally control every step its population takes. Such an oppressive regime based on fear, punishment, and total control of human behavior would bring an abrupt end to a free way of life. The international community needs to stand up to this ideology that virtually enslaves humanity by using methods that might seem benign -- such as technology. (Image source: iStock/Getty Images)

The Chinese Communist Party seems to have been buying up America. On July 23, 2023, US Rep. Mile Collins (R-GA) said on the floor of the House of Representatives:

"China owns $870 billion in U.S. Treasuries that finance our debt. And they either own or have a huge portion of the Chicago Stock Exchange, AMC movie theaters, General Electric's appliance division, General Motors, and Smithfield Foods just to name a few.

"On another alarming note, folks. China owns 384,000 acres of American agricultural land. That's a 30% increase just since 2019. And on top of that, they own land near an air force base in North Dakota. That's a clear threat to our national security and that's what the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill is going to address."

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** Responding to Hezbollah's Strategic Offensive ([link removed])
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by Caroline Glick • June 17, 2024 at 4:00 am
* Last Wednesday, Hezbollah launched more than 200 projectiles at Israel. On Thursday, more than 100 more continued and expanded the fires, destruction and mayhem.
* Hezbollah's ultimate goal is that of its Iranian overlord: Israel's annihilation. But it has intermediate goals on the road to final victory. The first is to achieve operational control over northern Israel.
* Under Hezbollah's control, Lebanon is not an actual country. It is Iran's forward military base against Israel that happens to have 5.5 million residents. The job of the residents is to deny that they live in an Iranian missile base.
* Since Oct. 7, Israel has found itself in a major conventional war on seven fronts: Gaza, Lebanon, Judea and Samaria, the Red Sea, Iran and Iraq/Syria.
* Israel's assumption of U.S. support has also taken a major hit. To be sure, Washington is willing to support Israel's efforts to defend itself from aggression along the seven fronts manned by Iran and its proxies. But it opposes Israeli offensive action and has worked actively to undermine Israel's ability to carry out prolonged offensive operations. Among other things, the United States refuses to share satellite and other intelligence related to offensive objectives, and is placing embargoes or slow walking the transfer of offensive munitions for Israel's ground and air forces.
* Israel must end Hezbollah's reign of terror over northern Israel. It must degrade Hezbollah's military capacity to the point that Hezbollah is no longer able to strike Israel at will. To achieve this goal, Israel needs to take control over the Lebanese side of the border, destroy Hezbollah's forces south of the Litani River and then remain in place in Southern Lebanon for the foreseeable future.
* Then-prime minister Ehud Barak's decision to surrender the security zone in Southern Lebanon to Hezbollah in May 2000 is the reason that the terror organization was able to build its forces to the point where it poses an existential threat to Israel's survival. By committing itself to reversing his move, Jerusalem will place itself on the road to victory.

Israel must end Hezbollah's reign of terror over northern Israel. Hezbollah is burning to the ground Israeli nature reserves, grazing land, fields and orchards. More than 1,000 homes have been destroyed. Some 80,000 Israelis have been displaced from their homes. Hezbollah's ultimate goal is that of its Iranian overlord: Israel's annihilation. Pictured: Fires, sparked by Hezbollah rockets launched from Lebanon, burn vegetation near the city of Tzfat in northern Israel, on June 12, 2024. (Photo by Jalaa Marey/AFP via Getty Images)

Hezbollah is burning a swathe through northern Israel. The nature reserves, grazing land, fields and orchards are burning to the ground. Military bases, including several strategic assets, are incurring major damage. More than 1,000 homes have been destroyed. Businesses are bankrupt. And some 80,000 displaced Israelis are living in hotels with no sense of when they may be able to go home.

Hezbollah has significantly increased the pace and lethality of its attacks on the Upper and Western Galilee, and the Golan Heights in recent weeks, as well as extended its attacks to the Mount Carmel area and the Jezreel Valley.

Haifa, Acre and Tiberias have all been subjected to missile, drone and rocket assaults. During the Shavuot holiday last Wednesday, Hezbollah launched more than 200 projectiles at Israel. On Thursday, more than 100 more continued and expanded the fires, destruction and mayhem.

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