{"id":12330,"date":"2020-04-25T10:00:51","date_gmt":"2020-04-25T17:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/?p=12330"},"modified":"2020-04-23T11:40:45","modified_gmt":"2020-04-23T18:40:45","slug":"pandemic-is-but-one-of-americas-security-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/pandemic-is-but-one-of-americas-security-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"Pandemic Is but One of America\u2019s Security Concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Victor Davis Hanson \/\/ National Review<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;world was a dangerous place before \u2014 and will be after \u2014 the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While Americans debate the proper ongoing response to the virus and argue over the infection\u2019s origins, nature, and trajectory, they may have tuned out other, often just as scary, news.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many Americans are irate at China for its dishonest and lethal suppression of knowledge about the viral outbreak. But they may forget that China has other huge problems, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Its overseas brand is tarnished. Importers can never again be sure of the safety or reliability of Chinese exports. They will know only that their producer is a serial falsifier that is capable of anything to ensure power and profits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2020\/04\/coronavirus-pandemic-not-americas-only-security-concern\/\">Read the full article here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Victor Davis Hanson \/\/ National Review The&nbsp;world was a dangerous place before \u2014 and will be after \u2014 the coronavirus pandemic. While Americans debate the proper ongoing response to the virus and argue over the infection\u2019s origins, nature, and trajectory, they may have tuned out other, often just as scary, news. Many Americans are irate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p466Sb-3cS","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12418,"url":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/china-isnt-letting-a-pandemic-go-to-waste\/","url_meta":{"origin":12330,"position":0},"title":"China Isn\u2019t Letting a Pandemic Go to Waste","author":"victorhanson","date":"June 10, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Victor Davis Hanson \/\/ National Review George Floyd\u00a0was killed in Minneapolis last week when a police officer used brutally excessive force to arrest him. 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