Dismiss The Sanctions Charges Against Ms Meng Wanzhou By Jacob G. Hornberger!!
(2018-12-13 at 15:36:19 )

Dismiss the Sanctions Charges Against Ms Meng Wanzhou by Jacob G. Hornberger

By arresting and detaining two Canadian officials, Chinas communist regime is raising the stakes in the sanctions war that the United States government has initiated against Chinese citizens.

As I pointed out in my recent article "Trumps Trade Sanctions Meet His Trade War," Canadian officials arrested a Chinese businesswoman named Ms Meng Wanzhou at the request of United States officials.

Ms Meng was changing planes in Vancouver when Canadian officials took her into custody. United States officials are initiating extradition proceedings against Ms Meng, alleging that she and her company violated United States sanctions on Iran.

Yes, you read that right - Iran.

The United States government has imposed sanctions on the people of Iran with the aim of achieving regime change in that country.

Ordinarily, however, sanctions apply to American citizens. If Americans violate United States sanctions (or embargoes, like the decades-long embargo against Cuba), they are sent to jail and fined by the United States government.

But here is the catch:

The United States government wants not just Americans to obey its sanctions.

It expects the entire world to obey its dictates.

That is the way the United States Empire works.

It claims worldwide jurisdiction for its decrees, edicts, and laws.

Thus, when President Trump issues a decree that says "No more trading with Iran," the people of the United States are, of course, expected to comply with it but so are the people of China and every other country in the world.

If foreigners refuse to comply with President Trumps dictatorial edicts and instead continue trading with Iran, they are arrested, extradited, prosecuted, incarcerated in a United States penitentiary, and fined.

That is how they were able to induce Canadian officials to intercept Ms Meng as she was changing planes in Vancouver.

They told Canadian officials that Ms Meng had violated their sanctions on Iran and to take her into custody so that she could be extradited to the United States to stand trial and be punished for her economic crime.

But Ms Meng is no ordinary Chinese citizen. She is the chief financial officer of Huawei Technologies, which is one of Chinas biggest technology firms. She is also the daughter of the firms founder.

The result was - and is - inevitable and predictable.

The Chinese communist regime is not about to take this passively. Not very many governments would, including the United States government.

Imagine the reaction of United States officials if Russia were to take a child of Bill Gates into custody for violating Russias sanctions on some country.

So, it should not surprise anyone that China has now taken into custody two Canadian citizens, Mr. Michael Kovrig, an analyst for the International Crisis Group, and Mr. Michael Spavor, who runs cultural exchanges with North Korea.

The charge against both men? "Suspicion of engaging in activities that endanger national security."

The operative words are: "National Security."

You see, like the United States, China is a national-security state.

That means that, like the United States, they have a Pentagon, Central Intelligence Agency, and National Security Agency.

It also means that, like the United States, the Chinese national-security establishment has omnipotent powers to do whatever they want to people - detain them indefinitely, torture them, and even assassinate them.

Let us be clear about this type of war: China has a better chance of winning it than the United States.

That is because it is still difficult for the United States government to relate every United States crime to "National Security," which would then permit the Pentagon and the Central Intelligence Agency to behave like the Chinese national-security establishment - i.e., indefinite detention, torture, and assassination.

There is still a large area of United States of American law that is still subject to traditional due-process principles, including those in the Bill of Rights.

China, on the other hand, is a communist state, one that has no such constraints.

It has the power to do whatever it wants to people. Mr. Kovrig and Mr. Spavor are good examples.

Their activity on behalf of the "International Crisis Group" and cultural exchanges with North Korea have no more to do with "National Security" than does Ms Mengs supposed violations of United States sanctions against Iran.

The point is this: No American and no Canadian who travels into China can feel safe under this type of war.

Sure, the odds against being one of the ones targeted for retaliation are low. Nonetheless, the possibility exists of being used as a retaliatory pawn.

The United States government is in the wrong on this war, all the way around.

All that United States officials are accomplishing is another one of their endless crises to get people all riled up about, this time against a big communist state.

Imagine that: Crises with Russia and China at the same time, just like during the Cold War.

The fact is that there should be no sanctions against the people of Iran or anyone else and, therefore, no criminal charges against anyone, especially foreigners, for violating United States sanctions.

The best thing United States officials could do for the American people and everyone else around the world is dismiss their ridiculous charges against Ms Meng Wanzhou and, even better, terminate their brutal and corrupt system of sanctions and embargoes against everyone.​

Printed here with permission from Mr. Jacob G. Hornberger of The Future of Freedom Foundation!! Their Great Website!!