Posted on 11/01/2025 3:46:34 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Shortly after October 7, 2023, Israeli forces sorting through the remains of the 1,200 people killed during the deadliest attack on Israel since the 1973 Yom Kippur war recovered drones that Hamas and other Iranian proxies had used to target Israeli civilians. Officials found that the unmanned aerial vehicles contained multiple U.S.-origin electronic components, and further investigation showed that these parts had been procured by Chinese firms then transferred to Iranian front companies, which in turn passed them on to Hamas. The Iranians distributed U.S.-made technology bought by the Chinese to other proxies as well, including the Houthi rebels, who used them to target U.S. and allied shipping.
Although people don’t readily make the connection, this episode from the Middle East throws into sharp relief the nature of the U.S.-China power competition. Indeed, though observers like to frame President Donald Trump’s policy on China narrowly as a trade war, tariffs and other economic measures are simply instruments the White House is deploying in a larger war against the China axis. It’s a conflict fought at home and abroad that has ramifications for U.S. foreign and domestic policy. Supplying Ukraine to defend itself against Russia is part of Trump’s campaign against the China axis. Targeting Venezuelan drug cartels, shutting down fentanyl shipments, and supporting allies like Argentina’s President Javier Milei to stand firm against Chinese encroachment into Latin American are as much a part of the campaign as Trump’s China tariffs. Campaigns against China, Russia, Venezuela, Iran and its proxies have dominated the U.S. news cycle the last year because the Trump administration sees the China axis as the most dangerous threat to our national security. It’s all about China.
Sadly, certain cohorts of Americans, including many under 30, can’t perceive this—for a very good reason: The reckless and deracinated foreign...
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Might also be helpful if Israel didn’t sell US military tech to China also.
Israel transferred advanced technology to China, including missile systems like the Python air-to-air missile (which became China’s PL-8) and radar and navigation systems. Technology from the Israeli Lavi fighter jet program was also reportedly transferred...
And us for that matter and the EU. It’s been astonishing to hear that without Chinese chips and supplies, our own weapons manufacturing has been slowed down.
The Euros do the same thing. Everyone is thrilled to make a buck, a shekel, or a Euro with China... then they are astonished to find a Chinese weapon incoming with that same technology.
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Our own President (Bill Clinton) gave the Chinese more technology than Israel ever has. Chinese students are at the forefront of most of our defense projects over the last 25 years, sending all information back to China. Why aren’t you more concerned about that?
“Might also be helpful if Israel didn’t sell US military tech to China also.”
They are our greatest ally didn’t you know ?
I’m surprised that there are U.S.-made electronic components to use. It sounds like an elaborate effort to not leave Chinese “fingerprints”.
Israel is a foolish state on this point. There is nothing stopping China to sell the technology to Russia or Iran.
The posted story is casting Israel as the victim of Chinese tech, that is how they made the list. Clinton did also allow technology to go to them... but my list was just a few modern examples, and not exhaustive. Go take a Midol
Notice how he didn’t answer your question. The silence is deafening.
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