From the end ofthe Second World War to mid 1970s some political pundits accepted uncritically that the US was at the height of its power unrivalled in military and economic strength. But Chairman Mao Tse-Tung did not feel that way. Chairman Mao Tse-Tung said, "All the reputedly powerful reactionaries are merely paper tigers. The reason is that they are divorced from the people . Look! Was not Hitler a paper tiger? Was Hitler not overthrown ? U.S. imperialism has not yet been overthrown and it has the atomic bomb. I believe it will also be overthrown. It, too is a paper tiger."
Of course Chairman Mao
Tse-Tung did not mean we can dismiss the awesome military strength
tactically. In dealing with the present reactionary US administration,
the countries of the South led by BRICS with the guidance of Russia,
China and Iran will adopt the correct strategic perspective in facing
the Anglo-Saxon American aggression.
We can see how US power was
first being curbed at the Korean War by China. Then US suffered
dishonourable defeat at the Vietnam War, the Afghanistan war and had to
beat some retreat in its savage ventures in South America and Africa.
The defeat and downfall of US imperialism is yet to happen and of course
in the not too distant future.
Lee Tai Chung
Tuesday, 15th October, 2024