WASHINGTON: The United States vowed on Friday (Feb 11) to commit more diplomatic and security resources to the Indo-Pacific to push back against what its sees as China's bid to create a regional sphere of influence and become the world's most influential power.
In a 12-page strategy overview, the Biden administration said it would focus on every corner of the region from South Asia to the Pacific Islands to strengthen its long-term position and commitment.
"Our collective efforts over the next decade will determine whether the PRC succeeds in transforming the rules and norms that have benefited the Indo-Pacific and the world." Reuters/CNA
Any unwary readers reading the above paragraphs from Reuters would be deceived into believing that China is the aggressor, trying to push the Americans out of the western Pacific region. The readers would not be told that the western Pacific region is actually China's front yard, several thousands of miles from the western American coast. The Americans have expanded their influence and control over the Pacific Ocean right to the coast of China and are now accusing China of wanting to push the Americans back. What kind of biased and one sided perspective?
The western Pacific region is China's natural area of influence, 200 nautical miles out from its coast to the ocean is China's economic zone. The Americans have seized these areas as part of the American Empire, in fact all over the world.China is doing the natural and obvious, wanting its own natural area of influence. It is the Americans that are encroaching on China's region of influence and control, This region does not belong to the Americans. A more balance situation would be a line in the middle of the Pacific Ocean to delineate each country's area of influence and control. It is high time that China retake and control what is naturally China's.
The second point is China's transforming the rules and norms that have benefited the Indo Pacific and the world. The existing rules and norms are written and dictated by the Americans to favour the Americans. China has been playing by these rules and wanting some to change to be fairer to the rest of the world. The irony is that the Americans are disillusioned with their own rules and wanting to change them to make them even more favourable to the Americans. The Chinese could live by these rules and still beat the Americans hands down.
And yes, the Americans want to dominate 'every corner of the region from South Asia to the Pacific Islands to strengthen its long-term position and commitment.' The Americans have been the dominant power for the last 70 years. China is saying that it wants to have an equal say, not a semi colony of the Americans like Europe, Japan, South Korea and the Anglo Saxon countries.
What is wrong with that? Only semi colonies of the American Empire would be coerced to be part of the hatchet team to ward off China's rise and to protect the American Empire, to continue the American hegemony in the Indian Ocean and the Pacific. India is as good as gone, becoming another semi American colony with the Americans in control of the Indian Ocean and cannot do anything about it. The American Fleet are sailing all over the Indian Ocean with its HQ in Diego Garcia, in front of India's doorstep, in control of the whole of the Indian Ocean.
India's hope in the long term is to combine with Russia and China to push the Americans back to their shores if it wants to be the dominant power in the Indian Ocean. If China is successful in pushing the Americans back to the eastern Pacific Ocean, India would have a better chance to do the same in the Indian Ocean. Looks like India has given up this dream, the Americans are in the Indian Ocean and they did not know, did not want to know.
China is trying to stop the Americans and the AngloSaxon tribe from coercing the whole world, to dominate the whole world. Japan and Australia being coerced into it is understandable as both semi colonies of the Americans. What the hell is India becoming? An American stooge, an American semi colony?
PS. The Americans are hell bent on starting a war in Ukraine. It is hyping about an imminent Russian attack, announcing that all Americans should move out of Ukraine, and the crony countries also do likewise to create fear. And it is warning that there would be aerial bombing by the Russians.
This is the obvious sign of a pending false flag incident, so easy for the Americans to send a bomb into Ukraine and blame it on the Russians to start a war. This international terrorist must be stopped at all cost. The whole world is watching the evil Americans' every move and must not be deceived.
The poor Ukrainians, Russians and Europeans are going to be the casualties, their countries are going to be destroyed, in a war that they did not want but planned and directed by the evil American Empire.
Alarmed Americans Desperate to Thwart China’s Plan for Atlantic Base in Africa
ReplyDeleteThe Biden administration is intensifying its campaign to persuade the tiny Central African country of Equatorial Guinea to reject China’s bid to build a military base on the country’s Atlantic Coast. A delegation of senior U.S. diplomatic and military personnel plans to visit the small Central African nation next week, according to government officials, to convince Equatorial Guinean President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo to spurn Beijing’s plans.
The visit coincides with rising American concern about China’s pursuit of a permanent military presence on waters the U.S. considers home turf, even as the U.S. have military bases in South Korea and Japan.
“We’d really, really not like to see a Chinese facility” on the Atlantic, said Tibor Nagy, Ms. Phee’s predecessor as assistant secretary of state for African affairs.
A military base in Equatorial Guinea would give China’s military a place to refit and rearm warships opposite the East Coast of the U.S. in the Atlantic and give Chinese companies access to the interior of Central Africa via Equatorial Guinea’s excellent highways — a threat that is setting off alarm bells at the White House and Pentagon.
Biden is warning the Russians as well with serious consequences while they keep instigating, hyping up and beating their war drums unilaterally in Ukraine. Biden thinks Russia is just lying back waiting for them to unleash their sanctions and cut them off from SWIFT. Even attempting to sanction Putin personally is a dead and buried thought, as Putin's assets are all in Russia. Putin, the astute statesman, already anticipated such a move long ago, and has taken steps to move Russian assets out of USA's reach.
ReplyDeleteThere are serious consequences if Russia is cut off from SWIFT and the biggest victims will be the EU countries of NATO The spillover will also affect the USA. That is why this step is not a sure bet as the EU countries depends largely on Russian Gas, which had to be paid through SWIFT. How do the EU countries expect to pay for their gas in the event the Russians are cut off from SWIFT? It is just cutting off the nose to spite the face. No payment means no gas, period.
If the USA thinks that Russian gas has no where to go, China is always there to lend a hand. They are building pipelines all over leading towards China, whose appetite for energy needs is insatiable. The two countries have worked out their strategy well in advance of such an eventuality.
The USA has also warned China not to break the sanctions against Russia. They think they can dictate to China who it can only do business with like the old days. Russia and China do not care two hoots what the USA or Biden thinks. Those days are history.
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President Xi Jinping : "It takes 10 years to forge a perfect sword" . . . . . to take back Taiwan.
ReplyDeleteIt is foolish to make and hoard wealth that one does not have time and life ti enjoy.
ReplyDeleteIt is work in vain.
Oh but I have all the time in the world to enjoy the money. I fully intend to die with LOTS & LOTS of $$$$$$$$ left ... this is for a few charities that I've already written in my Will.
ReplyDeleteThe Americans are planning this war in Ukraine. They even told the world how and when it is going to start. It would be a false flag incident when missiles and bombs would drop in Ukraine on 16 Feb. They alleged that the Russians would do it, but actually telling the world the Americans would execute this false flag incident.
ReplyDeleteWhenever the Americans accused anyone of anything, eg, genocide, human rights,, debt trap, eavesdropping and hacking of phones, they are the one that is doing it.
The world should just watch how the Americans destroy Ukraine and the collateral damage would be the lives of Russians and Europeans. Europe would be destroyed when war starts.
The world should celebrate quietly watching them kill and destroy each other for no reason other than playing out the game plan of the Americans. The Americans need this war badly to control Europe, to impoverish Europe, and to sell them more weapons and to start a second Marshall Plan with Europe being totally in debt to the Americans, American's debt trap.
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ReplyDeleteEven if Russia does not want to invade Ukraine, the USA will initiate a false flag to ignite the fire and accuse the Russians of starting it. They are so used to this kind of thing.
That is why I call them the Anglo Saxon 'White Curse'. The Red Indians were right to say that if you see two fish fighting in a pool, look around and you will see a White man standing nearby. The Russians and Europeans are the fish set up to fight and kill each other, while the USA looks on, waiting to reap the benefits. Their sending weapons and troops is just a token gesture to embolden the Europeans to confront Russia.
US is the most self centric warmongering country on earth. To them, every part of the world is its frontyard, backyard or sideyard.
ReplyDeleteRecent events ust in the last few days show. First, a group of US diplomatic and military officials went to Equatorial Guinea to talk the govt out of giving approval to China in constructing a naval base as its considered that part of Africa its' own "backyard"
US sent in military hardware to Ukraine, hyping up Russian invasion this week and warned its citizens to get out to which of course its puppet and vassal states including Japan Australia UK etc issue similar warnings. Contrary to Russian and Ukrainian presidents and govts denying it and appeal to US to stop provoking the already tense situation. Consider US stirring the situation when Ukraine is not even part of NATO and without any military treaty with the US, this could only be an excuse for US to station offensive military weapon at Russia's doorstep.
The latest act is most despicable almost amounting to theft of another nation. Biden signed and approved the sanctioned Afghanistan $7B assets in US and covert half of it to use them as compensation to the families of the 9/11 victims when Afghans were not the perpertrators but mainly Saudis of 9/11 and Afghan people are facing starvation in this Winter. Its similar to in how their military board Iranian oil tankers in open sea and robbed them of the oil, seizure of Syrian oilfieds.
So all those preaching by American politicians and their media about human rights and freedom to countries like China and Russia or states that don't go along their crap, is just virtue signalling and pure hypocrisy. Consider the number of wars the US have wage against weaker countries, its the real bully and terrorist state.
Either way, the USA can start a war. They could initiate a false flag attack on Ukraine and then accuse Russia of attacking Ukraine. They could also do the reverse by faking a Ukrainian attack on the two breakaway republics themselves, thus dragging Russia in inevitably.
ReplyDeleteThe twisted mind of a desperate falling empire will do nasty things.
The recent rise in COVID-19 cases, hitting five digits on some days, is "not unexpected", said Health Minister Ong Ye Kung on Saturday (Feb 12).
ReplyDelete"Omicron is highly transmissible so reaching 15,000, 20,000 or more is something within our expectations. So far, it's been that. It's been staying around 10,000 for some days, which gives us some comfort," he said.
Singapore reported 10,505 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, the fourth time this week that daily infections have exceeded the 10,000 mark.
Meanwhile, the Chinese mainland on Saturday reported 28 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said on Sunday, according to Xinhua.
Of the new local infections, 13 were reported in Guangxi, 11 in Liaoning, two in Yunnan, and one each in Tianjin and Guangdong, the commission said in its daily report.
When daily new cases hit 20,000, they would say reaching 30,000, 40,000 or more is something within their expectations. So staying around 20,000 for some days would give them some comfort.
ReplyDeleteWhen daily new cases hit 40,000, they would say reaching 50,000, 60,000 or more is something within their expectations. So staying around 40,000 for some days would give them some comfort.
Is that how grossly overpaid highly incompetent people talk as they set mediocre performance benchmarks ?!
The mRNA vaccines have proven beyond any doubts that they are the most effective vaccines in raising infections all over the world. The more they jabbed, the higher would be the infection rate. The statistics do not lie.
ReplyDeleteKeep on jabbing and keep on boosting, the higher infection rate is guaranteed.
And the higher the infection cases, the more the Temasek Chief wants you to go for booster shots. Now even children only two months old are not going to be spared.
DeleteThen Temasek can make tons of money and who will benefit directly and immediately?
U.S. decision on splitting assets sparks outcry among ordinary Afghans
ReplyDeleteThe Biden administration is moving to split $7 billion in Afghanistan central bank reserves to provide potential compensation for families of victims of the 9/11 attacks, according to administration officials.
About $3.5 billion, half of the money, claimed by victims of the 9/11 attacks more than 20 years ago, would be set aside pending litigation by family members of the victims.
The U.S. last August put a hold on the Taliban’s access to Da Afghanistan Bank’s reserves that are largely managed by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York following the Taliban’s takeover of the country.
U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres described the country as a nation that is “hanging by a thread” last month. The $7 billion, which could address humanitarian and other issues, wouldn’t be made available to the Taliban, administration officials said.
That is an example of how caring the USA is in reality. They talk so much about how much they care for the Uyghurs in Xinjiang and their rights. What about the rights of the Afghan people to get back what belongs to them in the first place. .
ReplyDeleteThe whole world better be smart and not put their gold or money in USA or any Western bank's hands. That money may be confiscated at any time. They are worse than thieves. Of course it is their trait as they lie, cheat and steal. The lessons are too obvious as with Venezuela and Afghanistan.
China had to be extra careful with so much still ties to USA treasuries, but USA assets in China are no small potato either. When it comes to tit for tat, well, as they say what is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. Just contra entry in accounting.
When the full scale war starts and stocks crash,
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