A chilling comment to the WSJ on Huawei/Bain/3COM Deal

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By Dan Mosqueda

Recently, Congressman Thaddeus McCotter (R-Mi)  has been campaigning successfully to stop a proposed buyout of 3Com by Bain Capital (founded in part by Gov Mitt Romney) and Communist China's Huawei Technologies.  The Wall Street Journal's Heidi Moore reports that "the Pentagon is worried that 3Com’s pending deal to sell itself to Bain Capital and China’s Huawei Technologies is a real threat to national security."  Her report goes on to say the Department of Defense, in it's recent report (see http://danmosqueda.blogspot.com/2008/03/china-increases-military-budget-by-at.html for more information) "calls out Huawei by name: Information technology companies, including Huawei, Datang, and Zhongxing maintain close ties to the PLA and collaborate on research and development." 

The Report goes on to say "the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is pursuing comprehensive transformation from a mass army designed for protracted wars of attrition on its territory to one capable of fighting and winning short duration, high intensity conflicts along its periphery against high-tech adversaries – an approach that China refers to as preparing for “local wars under conditions of informatization."

As if this report isn't scary enough, a reader on the WSJ blog wrote:

"I worked at Huawei R&D centers in Shenzhen headquarters and Shanghai before coming to the U.S. for my graduate degrees. We (Huawei) did develop cellular and data intercept equipments primarily for PLA and the National Security Bureau (NSB) of China, the notorious secret police involved in Yahoo’s snitcher scandal.

When working in the Lab, I constantly saw some teams studied a variety of components from SAIC/Cisco/Alliant Techsystems/Raytheon/Honeywell (if you don’t know what products those company make, simply google th’m). Didn’t how where the hell they got those things from, but I didn’t care since I wasn’t in those teams.

Look here is my point: I love China for she is my motherland; but the last thing I’d like to see is a communism dictatorship. So I personally believe there is a good reason to block the Bain Capital/3Com deal.

Btw, Bain Capital is a traitor, at least somebody at the firm. Or should I believe somebody at Bain Capital have been “penetrated” by NSB?

Comment by Ex-Huaweier - March 4, 2008 at 3:14 pm"

And here's the real rub:  There are reports Senator John McCain is considering Governor Mitt Romney as his running mate.  It seems pretty clear Romney is relatively far removed from Bain at this time, but this falls into the category of "perception is the greater part of reality."  Having a running mate connected, no matter how loosely, to the Chinese Communist PLA cannot be a good thing for Senator McCain, nor for the nation at large.

I applaud Congressman McCotter for his courage in fighting this merger and bringing this situation to light.  The Chinese are pretty upset and have referred to the congressman in very rude terms.  He is not backing down.  Perhaps Thaddeus McCotter would be a better choice for the next Vice President of the United States.

To read the WSJ blog click here.

Learn about Thaddeus McCotter here: http://mccotter.house.gov/HoR/MI11/About+Thaddeus/

STEINEM MOCKS MAC'S POW ORDEAL

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From the New York Post:

By CHARLES HURT in DC and CARL CAMPANILE in Sedona, Ariz.

March 3, 2008 -- WASHINGTON - One of Hillary Rodham Clinton's best-known supporters, feminist author Gloria Steinem, belittled John McCain's ordeal as a prisoner of war and the torture he endured as a captured Navy airman.

"I mean, hello?" Steinem told a Texas crowd Saturday night as she was discussing McCain's captivity by the Viet Cong.

"This is supposed to be a qualification to be president? I don't think so," The New York Observer quoted her as saying.

The red-faced Clinton campaign quickly denounced Steinem's remarks.

"Senator Clinton has repeatedly praised Senator McCain's courage and service to our country," campaign spokesman Howard Wolfson said.

McCain senior adviser Mark Salter said that the Republican's 51/2 years in captivity indeed made him more qualified to be commander-in-chief.

"Would you put your country before your own life? Check. Can you perform under great stress? Check. Does it test your courage? Check," Salter said.

Steinem's slap at McCain's service in Vietnam came during a "Women for Hillary" campaign event in Austin on Sunday night.

Her anti-military riff was part of her claim that the press has a gender-based bias against Clinton.

"Suppose John McCain had been Joan McCain and Joan McCain had got captured, shot down and been a POW for eight years," she said.

"Reporters would ask, 'What did you do wrong to get captured? What terrible things did you do while you were there as a captive for eight years?' " Steinem said.

She went on to slam military experience in general - an unusual tactic in a state with some of the country's largest military installations.

"I am so grateful that she hasn't been trained to kill anybody," Steinem said of Clinton.

churt@nypost.com