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As John
Pilger describes in his new documentary The Coming War on China, the "threat of China"
is becoming big news. The media is beating the drums of war, as the
world is being primed to regard China as the new enemy. What is not
news, is that China itself is under threat. A quick look at the map
of the American military bases in Asia-Pacific, is adequate for
someone to understand that they form a giant noose, encircling China
with missiles, bombers, warships.
It is quite
clear that the Western plutocracy is changing the agenda because it
sees that the Sino-Russian alliance is trying to build an independent
bloc which could become a serious threat against the dollar
domination, and therefore, the neoliberal model, through which the
elites are hoping to establish their global supremacy.
Many support
that the newly elected US president, Donald Trump, is a big question
mark, especially concerning the US foreign policy. First of all, we
must not forget that Trump is part of the US plutocracy, therefore,
he will seek to defend the interests of his class, no matter how much
the Right-Wing fanatics want to present him as an
'anti-establishment' figure.
You don't
need to go too far on this. Just take a look at those who has appointed in key positions to run the economy
and you will understand that Trump will not only do 'business as
usual', but indeed, he will seek to secure the domination of the
plutocracy, by expanding the destructive neoliberal agenda against
the interests of the US working class.
The only
hope we have, is that Trump will reject the neocon policy and try to
build a different relation with the oncoming rival economic alliance
of BRICS, based on mutual benefits for both the developing countries
and the West. We have to assume, of course, a very ideal situation in
which Trump will be capable to surpass the pressure of the
warmongering neocons and the deep state who run the US empire for
decades, in contrast with Hillary Clinton, who would be more than
willing to apply their agenda.
While it
seems that, he does want a smooth re-approach with Russia, the
signals he sends concerning China, long before he get elected, are
not to be taken as a conciliatory approach, without doubt.
The US is
using the dollar superiority to retain its vast military expenses,
conduct wars and secure oil reserves. It feels that it must confront
the Chinese economic expansionism, otherwise dollar monopoly will
break and a vicious circle will start in which the US declining
empire will be finding more and more difficult to be the number one
global power.
What would
be the 'right approach' for the neocons who are running out of time
in this brutal race? It would be, probably, to focus primarily on
China, which is indeed the biggest economic threat, but doesn't have
the military power (like Russia) to confront the US. A scenario would
be that the US starts a war that ends quickly, changes the regime in
China, put its puppet, and probably, break China (as they want to do
with Russia), using disputed provinces as a pretext (e.g. Tibet,
Xinjiang). Having also encircled Russia from Europe, the US will bet
on the fact that the Russians will not react, as they will be
occupied to maintain forces on their Western borders.
Well, it
seems that Donald is following such an approach! He appears to be
conciliatory concerning Putin, but continuously provokes the Chinese!
Everything shows that Trump is determined to continue the Obama
'Pivot to Asia' anti-China legacy, but this would be also his biggest
mistake.
Forget for a
moment that the Chinese continuously upgrade their military forces,
as well as, their nuclear arsenal, partly because of the stupid
neocon policy, adopted by Obama, that makes them feel directly
threatened and quite nervous. Forget that in the area there is a
North Korea that no one knows what it can do and how far it will go
with its nukes, if only would "smell" a coalition of US-led
forces that are about to operate close to its territory.
If Trump
thinks that Putin will sit back and watch this happening, he is
completely mistaken. Apart from the fact that Russia and China are
committed by the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), which is
expanding on security and defence issues,
Putin knows that, if China falls, Russia will be next. Therefore, it
would be a major mistake for Trump to obey to the lunatic neocon
plans because the gates of hell towards WWIII will be opened for
good.
I see it the same way
ReplyDeleteTrump just changes the blame from Russia to China the rest we all know
Trump is doing everything right, he is going to be a best president of America.
ReplyDeleteWenn Trump an der Macht bleiben will, wird er hart verhandeln, allerdings nicht in der Öffentlichkeit - sehen wir dem gelassen zu, werden wir zermalmt werden in Europa - eine Abkehr von den Neocons und eine Steigerung des Sozialstaates ist der einzige Weg aus der Abwärtzspirale des Imperiums.
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