A part of what the British and French troops destroyed to punish the Chinese dynasty.
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We can thank our lucky stars the Chinese aren’t barbarians. Otherwise we’d need to batten down the hatches on the British Museum, the Louvre, the Met, the Smithsonian, et al.
Because the Chinese are getting damned tired of their shipments of opium and heroin being intercepted and confiscated by French, British and US law enforcement people. Wars have already been fought over the subject.
The second Opium War is a good example. When the Chinese intercepted a million or two pounds of opium the British were attempting to sell to Chinese and confiscated it, all hell broke loose. French and British troops invaded the Summer Palace, burned and looted 8 miles square of priceless art objects, gardens and artifacts as old as 3500 years. It took a couple of thousand British and French troops to get the fires going all over the place to destroy it.
And a lot of what wasn’t destroyed is privately held in France and Britain today, as well as in the British Museum. So it’s a clear precedent. All that Chinese poppy has a right to make it into France, the UK, and the US. Provided the Chinese are powerful enough militarily to cram it down the throats of the folks who did the cramming in 1860.
Including the US, though only some US Naval vessels were involved then. Mainly it was just clear where the sympathies of the US found themselves. Although the US commander wasn’t under orders to intervene for the French and British, he justified his action with the words, “Blood is thicker than water.”
Fact is, we westerners really don’t mind anyway, so long as US politicians get the right cut of the action. Heroin and opium are on the rebound because they aren’t so bad as cocaine and meth about destroying the nasal tissue and passages of the users. The Chinese have plenty of poppies and history on their side.
Along with an economic ramrod and a Russian built aircraft carrier. Drones, submarines, and dozens of factories working 24/7 manufacturing US flags to fly as they approach the coasts.
Israel can count itself lucky it didn’t share any borders with China so’s to be tempted to snatch a little free territory. They’d be looking at having their school kids shooting heroin down between pistol range practice and waterboarding Palestinians.
Anyway, the rubber monster toys and SUPPORT OUR TROOPS ribbon things couldn’t last forever. Something was bound to replace them as Chinese imports.
Old Jules
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