All hail the mighty Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Ma Ying-jeou (
The admiration of the masses is often enticing to people who find it inadequate leading their own lives, and therefore must meddle in those of others.
Ma, Soong and Shih think Taiwan, with its 20 percent or so Mainlander population, does not offer enough of an audience for their worship, so they are slowly but surely turning their eyes to China and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). You can almost hear their hearts speak: "Will you not honor our sacrifice in bringing Taiwan to its knees for you, our Great Motherland? Will not the masses of China love us also were we to return Taiwan to the fold?"
Ah, the beginnings of treason, treachery and the good life. Maybe these leaders hope for a minor golden throne at Chinese President Hu Jintao's (
In their grimy little minds they see their treachery building to ever higher acclaim. They see the masses of a vanquished Taiwan upon hearing of their final illness holding candlelight vigils, and when hearing of their deaths begging the CCP authorities for materials to build statues and monuments in Ma's, Soong's and Shih's honor. Their great hope may not be far off if the situation continues as it has. That will be a sad day for those who love peace, serenity and a free Taiwan.
The way of history can be cruel, though, for history's wannabe greats. I feel a revolution will come to China's CCP government someday. The likes of this revolution the world has never seen. I am afraid no discernible stone from the CCP generations will be left standing in its wake.
Even if Taiwan were to rot in the hands of the CCP because of Ma, Soong and Shih, it will eventually find freedom. In the aftermath of freedom, a new set of textbooks will be written in which Ma's, Soong's and Shih's actions will be vilified as the turning point that brought down a beautiful work in progress (Taiwan's democracy).
Two hundred years from now, former president Lee Teng-hui (
There is a way to stop or slow a handover to the CCP. Let the Constitution and the courts take care of any possible wrongdoing by Chen. Ask the current leaders to stop their unnecessary shoving match.
The pan-blue coalition has a lot more dirt in its closet than the pan-greens do. Give Taiwan a pan-green majority in the coming election so that all the historic evil of the KMT can come to light. All the murders, thievery and lost opportunities for the masses of Taiwan brought about by a KMT dictatorship can then be brought into the open. This has debilitated Taiwan like a festering wound for generations. Clean the wound, "Think Green."
Bode Bliss
Cleveland, Ohio
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