Not China’s Shiny Balloons—It’s China’s Fentanyl Stupid!
China’s Fentanyl War on the southern border is devasting America!
Satan’s greatest weapon is his ability to deceive! Ole Lucifer has been deceiving Kings, Courts, Nations, Governments, and Armies since his failed coup d'etat in Heaven and his first recorded deception in the book of Genesis during the salad days of Adam and Eve. Fast forward 6000 years, and besides Satan himself, China—the oldest country on earth (4000 B.C.), has played the deception game for quite some time, and they're very good at it! This was apparent last week when China used balloons to surveil America's heartland and several of the most strategic nuclear facilities in the world at Malmstrom AFB, Montana, and Minot AFB, North Dakota. These facilities house a nuclear arsenal of many LGM-30 Minuteman III missiles. While the overfly of Chinese balloons of these facilities was no accident, it was part of a more extensive ongoing deception campaign against the United States! Indeed, President Joe Biden's blundering of China's balloons was a strategic nightmare, but then again, surveillance was not China's calculated purpose; rather, it was deception! The balloons were a big shiny distraction! Sure, they got intelligence, watched our radar systems, and timed our responses. Imagine if the balloons intruded our northern border carrying payloads of hypersonic missiles, EMP generators, or, God forbid, chemical or biological weapons. Imagine a headline of 100,000 Dead!
That headline is here! Just last month, according to the Drug Enforcement Administration, overdose deaths climbed "at an alarming rate, especially those caused by the synthetic opioid fentanyl." Fentanyl overdose deaths in the U.S. have topped 100,000! Yes—100,000 dead! Let that sink in! It's not China's shiny balloons—it's China's fentanyl, stupid! The Communist Party of China and its leader President Xi Jinping is the evilest government in the world! Jinping's evil is off the charts, but it's nothing new in Satan's world. Satan has used evil leaders to do his bidding on a massive scale for centuries! And Jinping’s deception tactics against America are making Satan proud! While the Biden Administration is chasing cross-border Chinese air balloons with U.S. fighter jets, China is producing and transporting massive amounts of fentanyl via Mexico and the Cartels!
Satan has used evil leaders to do his bidding on a massive scale for centuries! And Jinping’s deception tactics against America are making Satan proud!
The Chinese pharmaceutical companies funnel the fentanyl to Mexico then the Cartels make the methamphetamine or “Meth”. The Cartels then easily smuggle the meth over the open Mexican border! Fentanyl is a rare drug in several ways. The profit margin is remarkable: The Heritage Foundation stated: A $3,000 investment can produce $1,500,000.00 in earnings. A laboratory-made drug, fentanyl requires less time and space to produce than its agricultural counterpart, heroin. Chemists can manufacture fentanyl in small labs and use easy shipment methods. The amount of fentanyl necessary to make its painkilling effect is so tiny that manufacturers can ship it in standard packages such as envelopes used for ordinary letters. Cheap production isn't the only economic benefit suppliers have on their side. Fentanyl produces a better high and is more addictive and potent than heroin (50 to 100 times more powerful). This poison isn't affecting only addicts. In some cases, first responders have inhaled airborne fentanyl, resulting in a contact overdose.
Yes, the monetary costs of China’s Fentanyl War to Americans are staggering! According to the White House, the national drug control budget surpassed $41 billion in 2022, coupled with annual incarceration costs of $182 billion annually—the monetary costs are astounding, but the human toll is appalling. What does this have to do with a Pastor or the Church in the “Deep Woods Off” Oklahoma—everything! Shepherding for many rural Pastors goes beyond shepherding your Church. Because what happens in the communities has grave second and third-order effects on your congregations. In the past two years, I preached at the funerals of three fentanyl-related deaths, either through overdose, suicide, and murder! Every meth death left a widow and a child fatherless! The fentanyl-meth deaths are just scratching the surface! Ministering to children with a parent on death row, another on trial for murder, and two more children with a parent in long-term incarceration for meth trafficking! These numbers do not include the hours of ministry counseling for former addicts and teenagers using or selling meth! Other rural communities have similar stories to tell.
The fentanyl-meth deaths are just scratching the surface! Ministering to children with a parent on death row, another on trial for murder, and two more children with a parent in long-term incarceration for meth trafficking!
Meth has always infected communities to some degree in the past 30 years, but why the drastic increase over the past two years? First, China knows very well that meth addictions in America take a tremendous financial and emotional toll. Imagine fighting a war where you could spend pennies on the dollar at no cost to you emotionally, physically, and financially. Then generate mass casualties and a tremendous resource drain on your enemy! China killed more Americans last year with fentanyl than the Ukrainians that Russia killed!
Second, the open border policies of President Biden and the Democrats are devasting America! According to Fox News, last fiscal year topped the charts for “numerous records with deadly consequences for border security and the American people. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recorded an unprecedented 2,766,582 border encounters nationwide, not including the nearly 600,000 “gotaways” who evaded Border Patrol and other law enforcement.” Yes, the Chinese Fentanyl attacks are devasting America!
Understandably, Biden's "Balloongate" will have other long-term strategic consequences for the United States, but the fight is in the Homeland where Americans are dying today. Secure our Southern Border, Mr. President! When it comes to China, there are no coincidences. The deception pattern established by President Xi Jinping would make Satan proud! As the great Chinese General Sun Tzu stated: “All warfare is based on deception. Therefore, when capable, feign incapacity; when active, inactivity. When near, make it appear that you are far away; when far away, that you are to lure him; feign disorder and strike him. When he concentrates, prepare against him; where he is strong, avoid him. Anger his general and confuse him. Pretend inferiority and encourage his arrogance.”