John Chuckman
COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE IN CBC NEWS
“CFO of Chinese tech giant Huawei arrested in Vancouver, sought by U.S. for extradition
“Wanzhou Meng arrested on suspicion of violating trade sanctions against Iran: report
CBC News”
Well, two can play these kinds of games. The Chinese are very good at subtle pay-back measures.
Just a foolish waste of effort.
My God, can you imagine the army of bureaucrats Trump is building at the center of American government?
People who research, suggest, track, investigate, and enforce countless new sanctions against a host of governments?
This is about as unproductive an activity as you can name.
And it sure ain't in keeping the small-c conservative values about the legitimate activities of government.
And it ain't in keeping with non-interference in the affairs of other states.
These US efforts are going to build a powerful backlash with unintended consequences.
And, just to start with, they make the world's most powerful country look just plain dumb.
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And I meant to add, how disappointing to see Canada's government doing this kind of work for Trump.
Trump’s fight over trade with China is not our fight, but even less so is anything having to do with enforcement of all the sanctions America high-handedly declares against Iran and others. Avoiding or violating an American sanction is a violation of law only to the fanatics in Washington.
I seriously disliked Harper's government, but I'm starting to feel much the same about Trudeau and Freeland when it comes to foreign affairs. They stand for pretty much nothing of substance.
