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China:
Back Off Mr Trump, a Little Humility Costs Nothing
Not too long ago, during a get together I said the following (and I paraphrase)
''I'm not worried about Gaza – besides, the Palestinians do not have nuclear nor bioweapons'', ''I'm not worried about Iran – the Iranians have a 4000-year-old history of 'backing off' or 'losing it' under enough pressure'' 'I couldn't care less about the spineless and gutless Saudis - the House of Saud is now so weak it will do anything the U.S. (Russia or Turkey) demands just to save it's scrawny and cowardly neck.''
I am however worried about The Great Wall Of Trump - especially on (or around) the 38th Parallel - which separates North and South Korea. Korea is a different kettle of fish.
Trump has made it known that his policy will be to give nuclear autonomy to Taiwan, Vietnam, Japan and South Korea. [I am unclear where the Philippines, Thailand and Cambodia fit in but no doubt they will be asked to play their part in this covert 'war'.]
Such are recipes for a potential nuclear war – or conventional wars throughout the region which will bring death and destruction to millions of innocent people simply to fulfil the misguided ambitions of a misguided superpower elite far removed from the front line or 'hot zone'.
Everyone [the world] already knows that the objective is to weaken China – and the United States is fast running out of options to halt China's dominance of the Pacific and South China Seas in the next 30-50 years.
The United States simply cannot afford to match China's military spending indefinitely. China has internal stresses and strains and is at a mineral strategic disadvantage (similar to that of Japan prior to World War II) which requires unhindered sea lanes access to strategic minerals and oil as part of the program to secure its internal growth and stability.
China will not stand idly by and allow, in particular, Taiwan, South Korea and Japan to be 'loaded' with nuclear bombs or, more likely 'assisted' with (dual use) nuclear technology development for which there will be 'lax' controls (non-existent – by secret agreement) on nuclear fuel reprocessing – to facilitate secret nuclear weapons programs assisted covertly either directly or indirectly by the United States.
I do not say the above lightly and President Trump can still exercise 'the nuclear option' to back away from any such programs – and save the world from, if not Armageddon, then serious conflicts which have the potential for huge losses of lives in South East Asia – and turning America into a pariah nation worldwide.
The President of the free world cannot simply threaten to 'seize' Iraqi oil or Saudi oil or Kuwaiti oil, at will.
I am no fan of these spineless cowardly Saudis, who, together with the Turks are responsible for most of the refugee problems Christendom faces today, yet even I would not ever applaud, in a million years, such a crazy initiative – but it is indicative of the 'new thinking' in Washington by those close advisors to President Donald Trump.
[Misguided State Department foreign policy during the Obama years, as I have never ceased to point out, was the other factor which has contributed to the chaos, breakdown in civil societies and the enforced migrations of millions of internally displaced peoples and refugees from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Syria, East, North and Central Africa to the shores of Christendom.]
Better, as President Obama was wisely supporting, work to make America independent of oil altogether. Oil is now a curse rather than a blessing – and the sooner American industry and the world wakes up to this fact the better.
China will not stand idly by and watch covert technology transfer for dual purpose nuclear systems to countries it deems, more likely than not, will use them against its country in the event of conflict.
President Trump must make it clear to the whole world, both publicly and privately, that this will not happen to countries in South East Asia, on his watch. If he 'battens down the hatches' clamps 'national security' restrictions on the U.S. media owners about talking or discussing these topics, then the outcome is very bleak.
China is not a military threat to the United States at this present time – nor is it the enemy – however if 'boxed into a corner' (as was Japan prior to World War II by the European Imperial powers) it will not standby and see it's vital 'umbilical cords' severed or at the mercy of antiquated [ and 'loaded' dice] international laws of the seas jurisdiction decisions against its national interests.
There is far too much at stake for the future of world stability and security to be left to incompetents – or to tweets.
©Patrick Emek, February 2017