Should China move against any of its neighbors, including Taiwan, these nations would surely arm to defend their liberty. But the first defense perimeter of Free Asia should be manned by Asians themselves, united in regional alliances,
with the US relegated to a supporting role. Like Shakespeare’s Fortinbras, it has been the role of America to come in at the end, not at the beginning of the family wars of Asia and Europe. Let other nations play Hamlet.
Source: “A Republic, Not an Empire,” p.377
Oct 9, 1999
China uses our trade deficit to hurt the US
Since 1992, the United States has run a trillion-dollar trade deficit, $200 billion with Communist China, which now uses our currency to expand its military, steal our technology and buy weapons to target US Marines on Okinawa and the sailors of the
Seventh Fleet.
Source: Official Buchanan for President in 2000 site
Jul 2, 1999
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