Yes, treason does merit a firing squad. But did they have that mindset - to commit treason - when it is LEGAL to ship jobs to China? Now, while I cannot imagine doing that myself, I think that as a matter of process & law, we ought not to try to apply a standard retroactively. So, as Devil’s Advocate: China used to not treat us as an enemy: how were we to know they wouldn’t become an ally like Japan?