{"id":1839404,"date":"2023-02-08T08:03:52","date_gmt":"2023-02-08T13:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1839404"},"modified":"2023-02-08T08:04:46","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T13:04:46","slug":"this-viral-tiktok-shows-why-were-unprepared-to-face-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/this-viral-tiktok-shows-why-were-unprepared-to-face-china\/","title":{"rendered":"This Viral TikTok Shows Why We\u2019re Unprepared To Face China"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthis-viral-tiktok-shows-why-were-unprepared-to-face-china%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1839404&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>As the Communist Chinese spy balloon soared over the heartland for nearly a week, it became abundantly clear that America\u2019s enemy No. 1 is incredibly empowered. And why shouldn\u2019t it be? It took our likely\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/02\/06\/how-biden-and-his-media-allies-turned-a-threatening-chinese-spy-balloon-into-a-political-feud\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CCP-compromised<\/a>\u00a0president <em>Days<\/em> To remove the surveillance balloon.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The scary part is that even though the headline-grabbing balloon was taken down, the Chinese threat persists. China has the world\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/01\/16\/asia\/china-navy-fleet-size-history-victory-intl-hnk-ml\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">largest navy<\/a>\u00a0and is building islands to aggress America\u2019s Southeast Asian allies. Chinese companies are buying up\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/chinese-spy-balloon-raises-alarm-bells-china-buying-us-land\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">U.S.<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2022\/07\/01\/chinese-purchase-of-north-dakota-farmland-raises-national-security-concerns-in-washington.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Farmland<\/a>This poses a challenge to the.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscc.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/2022-05\/Chinas_Interests_in_U.S._Agriculture.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Threat of biological warfare<\/a>, and they\u2019re also buying\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.texaspolicy.com\/letting-china-purchase-u-s-land-poses-an-even-bigger-national-security-risk-than-you-think\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">U.S. cell phone towers<\/a>\u00a0It can be used to spy on American citizens directly and interfere with our military operations.<\/p>\n<p>At the heart of China\u2019s brazen military and intelligence aggression is its (accurate) perception of American disunity. A TikTok viral video is a good example. It&#8217;s a very meta TikTok video that shows a Chinese spyware product as a threat.<\/p>\n<p>TikTok is home to a 2019 speech from Medal of Honor recipient and Iraq veteran David Bellavia. This man is a true American hero. What\u2019s interesting about the video is that it wasn\u2019t Bellavia\u2019s entire speech that went mega-viral, with more than 8 million views not including the reposts, but only one specific clip where he says:\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The military should not be confused with a cable news program. We don\u2019t care what you look like. We don\u2019t care who you voted for, who you worship, what you worship, who you love. It doesn\u2019t matter if your dad left you millions when he died or if you knew who your father was. We have been honed into a machine of lethal moving parts that you would be wise to avoid if you know what\u2019s good for you.<\/p>\n<p>Bellavia\u2019s speech was meant to be intimidating for our enemies, and the TikTok edit was supposed to be inspiring and \u201ccool\u201d Young American Men will be able to hear the dark, ominous trap song. \u201cSuperhero\u201d Playing in the background\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, something about this selective clip from Bellavia\u2019s speech feels off; something is missing from his rallying cry. The U.S. military is indeed race and class blind, and that\u2019s a good thing. Bellavia also mentioned the military doesn\u2019t care whom you love, whom you vote for, or whom you worship, either \u2014 all fine. But is there anything in this clip that unites? To encourage men to protect their homeland and enlist, a message must be given. There is no cause in the TikTok. Only power.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Young viewers would be offended if it mentioned concrete values or motivating ideas. American youths have been taught that they should hate us. \u201cbigoted\u201d founding documents. Even the National Archives has put a slap on it. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/09\/08\/national-archives-issues-harmful-content-warning-on-constitution-all-other-founding-documents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">harmful content<\/a>\u201d Warning about the Constitution, Bill of Rights and Declaration of Independence\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The clip instead reflects the ethos and leadership of the military and other leaders in the United States of today: <em>Our strength is diversity<\/em> Period.<\/p>\n<p>This is why the U.S. Military focuses its efforts on that goal. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/army-recruitment-lgbt-pride-b1846891.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">recruitment efforts<\/a> Russian and Chinese women who are blonde with gay parents\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VnpD1tCjTcQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Recruitment ads<\/a> They are an example of uniformity, strength and patriotism.\u00a0Unfortunately,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Americans are no longer united under a shared value system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1623,"featured_media":1839407,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[4501,6248,16163,6143,4419],"class_list":["post-1839404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-china","tag-tiktok","tag-unprepared","tag-viral","tag-were"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1839404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1623"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1839404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1839404\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1839407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1839404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1839404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1839404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}