CHINA: Civilization, beware

The Chinese government has been engaged in waging political and economic world warfare for years, principally with the United States. The coronavirus suddenly appears at a time when We the People, to our detriment, are seriously engaged in political infighting. California is actually a part of the United States.

Who can blame the Chinese government for an outbreak of the flu they sought so desperately to control? An outbreak which somehow managed to escape and infect so many world populations. An unreasoned response would be to light up Peiping and several cities in China to share in the world’s suffering.

Unlike the nuclear option, the coronavirus only kills or sickens people; it leaves infrastructure intact. Wuhan was simply Phase I of a demonstration by the Chinese government of its effectiveness in disrupting the rest of civilization. What’s the next phase? “I’m from China and I’m here to help?”

ROBERT A. COSTIGAN

Spirit Lake