WHY IS CHINA MAKING PARTS FOR OUR MILITARY EQUIPMENT?

Senators Levin and McCain rcently warned of Counterfeit Electronic Defense Parts being made in China and they are calling on China to assist in an Investigation, but China is stonewalling their efforts. With friends like China, we don't need enemies.

I have a better question for the two Senators and for the American people:

Why the hell is China making parts for our military planes in the first place? They are not our friends.

Republican and Democratic members of the Senate Armed Services Committee say it suspects counterfeit electronic parts, made in China, are infiltrating U.S. military weapons systems and they have called on the Chinese government to allow committee staffers into the country to investigate. Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Carl Levin, D-Mich., say it is vitally important to U.S. interests to rid American systems of the parts.

I say its vitally important to U.S. interests to rid our military aircraft and weapons systems of any Chinese-made parts. What the hell is wrong with our elected and appointed officials in our federal government?

"Counterfeit electronic parts pose a risk to our national security, pose a risk to the reliability of our weapons systems and pose a risk to the safety of our military men and women," Senator Levin said. He added that many at the Pentagon and within its contractors believe the threat comes from China.

Do you really think so Senator? What took you so long?

"In January of 2010, the U.S. Commerce Department published the results of a survey of almost 400 companies and organizations in the Department of Defense's supply chain," Levin said. "Those surveyed overwhelmingly cited China as the country suspected of being the source of counterfeit electronic parts."

The answer seems simple enough. Don't allow any Chinese made parts to be used in any of our military equipment. Don't allow any manufactuires that make parts for our military to use any Chinese-made parts at all.

Senators Levin and McCain complain that China is refusing to work with committee staff who are trying to enter the country to further investigate the issue. Their offices continue to ask for visas but China has thus far refused them.

What a great friend China is to America!

"The U.S. and China are not destined to be adversaries," McCain said. "We have overlapping interests, and this is one of them. It should be in Chinese interests not to have counterfeiting of these electronic parts going on because it would harm legitimate Chinese companies as well."

What about harming members of our military Senator? Who cares what happens to the Chinese companies.

But McCain added the counterfeit parts are first and foremost a problem for the U.S. military. "If the electronic parts that go into our weapons systems are counterfeited, there is every possibility that those counterfeiters could cripple our ability to have those systems work in fashion for which they were designed," he said.

There is always the possibility that the conterfeit parts have been manufactured on purpose and I wouldn't put it oassed the Chinese to put chips in some of these parts so they will malfunction if we ever meet in combat situations. nThey cannot be trusted. They are a communist country.

I'll ask the question again: Why the hell is China making parts for our military planes in the first place? They are not our friends. THEY ARE LOOKING TO DESTROY US!

Congress must launch an investigation to identify the idiot(s) or traitor(s) who authorized such a foolish and dangerous thing?

Why are any parts of our military weapons systems subcontracted out to China who is our enemy?

Is anyone in Washington concerned about our national security, or is it just a group of very rich traitors looking to make a lot of money at the expense of our national security and the safety of our military personnel?

I guess we will have to follow the money to find out.

John Wallace
www.NYOathKeeper.com