Having exhausted most of his rhetoric on Biden, Lowry turns his laser sharp political savvy to foreign politics. Forget threats to our country from Mad Mitch, plotting our financial downfall for the sake of political expediency, or mad cap Republican Governors doing their best to kill as many of their citizens as possible. Lowry tells us we must arm Taiwan to the teeth. We must rattle our sabers as loudly as we can to deter any attack from China. He recommends short circuiting the diplomacy route and heading for the mutual destruction option. Lowry is not one for finesse or subtlety. Where was he on the takeover of Hong Kong? The islands in the South China Sea and the consolidation of China's trade routes over the last fifteen years? In the last fifteen years President Xi has made one wrong decision after another. He is not the pragmatic Deng. If Lowry studied history he would know that the Central Government of China is weak. In a period when Xi's authority is under attack internally, the Taiwan issues provides a distraction from domestic politics. Cranking up a crisis consolidates his position internally and thanks to Lowry's knee jerk reaction makes that position stronger.