In March of 1941, Rep. Carl Anderson from Minnesota warned America about the danger of arming potential adversaries. He said then that the chances of war with Japan were 50-50, and that if our Navy were to meet the Japanese, we would encounter a fleet which was built with American steel and fueled with American petroleum. A few months later at Pearl Harbor, 21 American ships were sunk, 300 planes were destroyed, and 5,000 Americans were killed and wounded by a Japanese fleet that was indeed built with American steel and fueled with American petroleum.

With some of the $350 billion that they have amassed in trade surpluses over the last eight years, China has purchased two Sovrenny class missile destroyers from the Russians. These destroyers are designed for one purpose . . . to kill American aircraft carriers. Ironically, China did not have the finances to purchase these destroyers until money from U.S. trade made it possible.

Our nation's trade surplus with China has allowed its Communist leaders to purchase the SU-27 fighter, a high performance aircraft capable of effective warfare against America's top-line fighters. The Chinese bought kilo class submarines, AWACS aircraft with air-to- air refueling capability and sophisticated communications equipment, all with U.S. trade dollars.