Is there anything else we want to sell to the fucking Chinese?
Six months ago, the U.S. government quietly eased some restrictions on the export of sensitive technologies to China. The new approach was intended to help U.S. companies increase sales of high-technology equipment to China despite tight curbs on sharing technology that might have military applications.
But now the administration is facing questions from weapons experts about whether some equipment - newly authorized for export to Chinese companies deemed trustworthy by Washington - could instead end up helping China modernize its military. Equally worrisome, the weapons experts say, is the possibility that China could share the technology with Iran or Syria.
Hey, how's this. They keep trying to get their grubby mitts on our military technology, so how about we start imposing sanctions for said behavior? It's getting to the point where I think retards are in control.
We are getting attacked from just about every other country on earth, and yet, no one seems to give a shit about it.
Iran, Syria, Russia, China, even parts of Europe are turning their backs on us and if that's the case, why should we enable them further to make our lives worse?
But the Wisconsin Project report, made available to The New York Times, asserts that two nonmilitary Chinese companies designated as trustworthy are in fact high risk because of links to the Chinese government, the Peoples Liberation Army and other Chinese entities accused in the past of ties to Syria and Iran.
One of the Chinese companies, BHA Aerocomposite Parts, is partly owned by two U.S. companies: the aircraft manufacturer Boeing and the aerospace materials maker Hexcel, with each holding a 40 percent stake. The remaining 20 percent is owned by a Chinese government-owned company, AVIC I, or China Aviation Industry Corp. I.
"In principle you could find companies that would be above suspicion, but in this case they haven't done it," said Gary Milholin, the Washington director of the Wisconsin Project. "If you just look at the relations these companies have, rather than be above suspicion, they are highly suspicious."
If our "leaders" can't get on the ball about things like this, then perhaps they shouldn't be in positions of power that continue to undermine the security and prosperity of the American nation.
"China is a huge market for our commercial technology exports," Mancuso said. "Yet there are real security risks we are mindful of. We take that concern very, very seriously." Only those companies that have "a demonstrable record of using sensitive technologies responsibly" are approved, he said.
Beyond that, he said that companies for which licensing requirements had been lifted were subject to additional disclosure obligations, including on-site visits by U.S. government personnel.
Sure it's a huge market, but if they continue to grab whatever intellectual property they can and save tons in R&D costs, then why should we be talking to them at all? Would you do business with the burglar who breaks into your home? Why are the Chinese different?
Travis
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