In a way, this gift may be among the greatest a person can receive in this life. Virtually every unpleasant prospect is covered by a mantel of mammon. Unfortunately, multitudes of people who are blessed with overabundance are quite willing to trade principle for profit while calamity waits in the wings. In the United States we have seen leaders who are convicted felons go unpunished for fear that holding them to the same standards applied to everyone else may upset the economy. More ominous in the struggle to survive in an increasingly dangerous world are the concessions glibly being made to forces that seem out to destroy us.
China is a case in point.
While hundreds of thousands of dollars were being funneled into the campaign coffers of American politicians by Chinese military forces, America's nuclear secrets were being stolen by agents of the Chinese Communists. This is not a new revelation. Yet only a few years ago, we would have demanded that charges of treason be lodged against the perpetrators and that America retaliate against the sponsor nation. Today, however, this country has been all but silent. Moreover, answers to those who have raised objections are rather bizarre.