"It's Okay to 'Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth,'...If You Suspect It's a TROJAN Horse"

I cannot believe that, to all appearances, our Government is accepting China's "gift" of 1.2 million masks at face value....or, pardon the pun, at faceMASK value.

I refer to the PLANELOAD of masks brought back here on the New England Patriots' plane recently.  Here's what I don't understand.



   1.) President Trump blames the Coronavirus Crisis TOTALLY on China's government, and I agree.  Perhaps HE doesn't think they unleashed it on purpose, but I do (though I can't prove it.)  Nonetheless, the President has consistently, and accurately, called it the "CHINESE Virus," assigning blame where it belongs. At the very least, China lied and many have DIED because of China, and the President SAYS that. (And if we can have "Spanish Flu," "German Measles," and "Black Plague" we can have "Chinese Virus.")

   2.) To his credit, President Trump has consistently said we are at WAR (with the Chinese Virus).  I agree that we are at WAR, but because I, and many others, think that China infected the world DELIBERATELY, even willing to kill many of their OWN in the process, I say it's not enough to admit we're at war with the Chinese VIRUS.  Personally, I think we are at war with the CHINESE...the Chinese GOVERNMENT.  If the Virus HAS been weaponized, it did not weaponize ITSELF.  The Chinese GOVERNMENT weaponized it, so we're at war with THEM.

   3.)  Here's what I don't understand....shouldn't our Government be at least a BIT skeptical of this "gift" of these MASKS??  If you're at WAR with someone, you should NOT trust their sudden good will, without skepticism. Even if President Trump believes the Virus spread ACCIDENTALLY, not MALICIOUSLY....isn't it possible that these masks were ACCIDENTALLY infected??  Trump correctly banned TRAVEL from China, but he lets 1.2 million MASKS in?? If they have been tested, and disinfected, shouldn't the American people be ASSURED of that fact...even IF a public announcement to Americans might offend the Chinese?? I am aware of no such announcement.



And I, with many others, look at that plane and I see at least the POTENTIAL for a "Trojan Horse."

I see the potential for INFECTED MASKS to be sent here as "gifts" by a Government I believe DELIBERATELY unleashed the Virus and a Government we are at WAR with. I, personally, will use one of the MANY alternatives available to us, rather than a mask that came on that plane, from that PLACE.  Apparently OUR government WELCOMES these masks but the CHINESE Government has only earned our DIStrust, in my opinion. 

Hopefully, I'm WRONG.  Hopefully, I've just seen the movie "TROY" too many times (GREAT movie, by the way, Brad Pitt was perfect as Achilles.)  Hopefully OUR Government is RIGHT to trust THEIR Government as the Chinese SEEM to be trying to HELP us after they've HURT us. Hopefully, those masks will help SAVE American lives, and not ENDANGER them.

And hopefully, the New England Patriots are HEROES and not well-meaning TOOLS  of our ENEMY.

But in MY opinion, it's okay to be skeptical here...it's OKAY to look the proverbial "gift horse in the mouth"............IF you suspect it's a Trojan Horse.