Commentary
Communist China has been conducting a hybrid war against its main enemy, the United States of America, for years. There are multiple fronts in that war, including economic warfare, diplomatic intimidation (“wolf warriors”), espionage, elite capture, suborning international institutions (the World Health Organization), social media (TikTok cultural warfare), etc. A key front that’s frequently overlooked—and downplayed—by the Biden administration is the flood of China-sourced fentanyl and other opiates into the United States.
Let us examine the topic, the effects, and what needs to be done about it.
The Fentanyl Scourge
Virtually all fentanyl has been produced by communist China from the beginning. However, the Chinese switched operations due to Trump administration diplomatic pressure in 2019. Chinese-sourced fentanyl precursors have now replaced pure fentanyl as the primary scourge in America, as noted by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) (pdf) in December 2022. …