The thinking by USA and EU leaders is that by stifling
or even destroying China, they will become great again like in the old
colonial days, when the Whites can go all round the world destroying
others and seizing and claiming territories as they like. Their form of
diplomacy was from the barrel of a gun. Might is right was their calling
card throughout history, and they now want to readopt that strategy.
Military
confrontation between nuclear powers is fast becoming an unwinnable
game today, with both sides facing extinction win or lose. That
brute-force solution for global domination is becoming redundant. A
multipolar world works better for all.
Empires wax and wane and
the USA is no exception, despite their claim of 'exceptionalism' with
the mindset that the USA therefore cannot fall like all other empires.
The British had an even bigger Empire than the USA, with military bases
all over the world. Yet it fell into oblivion, though it is still trying
to strut its withering feathers. Failure to continue in its costly
upkeep of its administrative and military forces in territories it
colonized was the reason it had to give up all of them. Now it is left
with only the British Isles, with even Northern Ireland expected to
leave the UK eventually.
That is why I say the only way to hit
at the underbelly of the USA is de-dollarization and ending its US$
hegemony. Militarily the USA is still a formidable military power, but
economically it is just a house of cards. Removing one vital card will
lead to its fall. Taking down the US$ hegemony is the best way to bring
down the USA's military outreach and control of countries using its more
than 800 military bases.
Russia and China are using the correct
strategy to bring the USA down to its knees and ending its US$ hegemony.
The Ukraine War was forced upon Russia, not a confrontation that Russia
wanted.
Deny as the USA likes, dismissal of the
de-dollarization moves as a minor dent on the use of the US$ today, when
the tsunami comes, the US$ has nowhere to hide. The USA never saw the
rise of China, nor its cornering of the raw materials, nor the rise of
its EV industry, nor its technological expertise in space exploration as
a threat, brushing off such advancements as of little consequence. Now
they are no longer denying that China has overtaken them in most fields
while they were basking in slumber having sweet dreams of their
untouchable status.
Anonymous
India is perceptively moving away from its coziness with the USA and UK. Modi is in Russia making an attempt to bring peace between Russia and Ukraine. The fall of Rishi Sunak in the UK is making Modi nervous about sleeping with the West.
ReplyDeleteEven hardcore anti-China Indian sites are more moderate in their criticism of China. But let us not read too much into that.
Modi knows India is running into big problems with jobs and an exploding population needing mass job creation. Perhaps India is planning another CECA with Russia, LOL.
Should the USA and the West begin expressing their love for Muslims and Sikhs in India, Modi is in trouble. He must look for alternatives knowing the USA and the West can start pushing India on issues to stop India from getting closer and helping Russia, since that is already being played out with China.
These are the USA and NATO's desperate moves, more so when seeing Russia still growing its economy despite two years into the war and is now being classified as a 'high income' country by the World Bank. With sanctions galore and funding a war, Russia still manages to chalk up growth better than the NATO countries, which is a slap on the face of the USA and the EU.
Thirty-two countries in NATO together still failed to bring Russia down with more than 16,000 sanctions. And NATO thinks it can do much by expanding into Asia to confront China?
Weaponizing the US$ was a colossal mistake for the USA. But it is too late to cry over spilt milk. The damage has been done and even if they want to, they cannot put the genie back into the bottle.
ReplyDeleteSeizing of the Russian assets was another layer of harm that the USA inflicted upon itself which led to the lighting of the de-dollarization fuse.
The USA had been too arrogant in thinking that no one in this world could touch them militarily or do anything to close down the US$ hegemony. And another mistake was taking too lightly the eventual rise of China, thinking that the Chinamen will forever at best be cooks and laundrymen. Now they realized that no one should bet against China. It is a hard lesson that the EU must also learn and not be too arrogant. China is going to teach the EU a lesson they are not going to forget.