Posted by
Cary Wesberry on Thursday, August 07, 2008 9:00:32 PM
Awww, did the poor little Chi-Coms get their itty-bitty feelings hurt for terrorizing and murdering their own people? How many was it that Mao slaughtered? 60-million if my math isn't failing me. Instead of criticizing my President for his statements on their continous assault against humanity, the Chinese government should be holding their heads in shame for what they do today and for the horrors of their predecessors. Wishful thinking though; Communists have no shame when it comes to mass murder.
BEIJING - President Bush is eagerly awaiting the start of the Summer Olympics, making history as the first U.S. leader to attend this world athletic competition on foreign soil.
But his arrival in Beijing Thursday night on the eve of the opening of the games came amid an atmosphere of tension with China's leaders over his high-profile speech in Thailand exhorting the growing world power to grant more freedom to its people.
Before his plane landed here, China's Foreign Ministry released a terse statement saying that no one should interfere with China's internal affairs.
Bush, first lady Laura Bush and their daughter Barbara came off Air Force One together, where they got a red-carpet greeting from Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi and others, and then sped away in a motorcade.
Bush, an avid sports fan, has said he wants to enjoy the Summer Olympics competition, but also will talk to President Hu Jintao about human rights and a host of other bilateral issues.
Bush plans to attend the opening ceremony of the Olympics on Friday night and go to a series of sporting events through Monday, including U.S. basketball and baseball games against China.
Although he exhorted Beijing to improve human rights in a major speech in Thailand before flying here, Bush has said he is intent on making his Olympics visit about sports, not politics.
In the speech outlining America's achievements and challenges in Asia, Bush had pushed Thursday for a free press, free assembly and labor rights in China, and spoke out sharply against its detentions of political dissidents, human rights advocates and religious activists. He said he wasn't trying to antagonize China, but called such reform the only path the potent U.S. rival can take to reach its full potential.
Here's the deal: If China had to be reminded by the United States and others of what it does to its own people, their crimes against humanity would be more difficult to commit as time goes by. That is why the Chi-Coms are so offended over Bush's statements.
I typically hate the Olympics because it has turned into the Games of the United Nations more than anything else. However, I am torn over this one. The President and our athletes have a chance to shove freedom right in the face of the worst Communist regime in history, and it is hard to turn that down. On the other hand, part of me wishes we had refused to attend the Olympics as long as it is held in China. What's next? Summer Olympics in Syria? Or maybe Zimbabwe? We should check with Hugo Chavez on availability in Venezueala in four years. At what point does this become unbearable?
In the end though, I stand on the side of ramming a show of freedom right down the throats of China's Commie ruling class. No Americans are going to be arrested while our President is in town, so now's the time if there ever was one. Let them see what athletes who can run without doubling-over in a coughing fit can do in a sprint! I just hope we bring plenty of oxygen masks along.