Joe Biden is moving ahead with a
terrifying plan to encircle china by
planting us troops on islands around the
mainland country. Amid growing fears of
military conflict there are mounting concerns that war
could break out between the us and china.
Former UK MP George Galloway warned that
an accidental military conflict could
erupt as the u.s floods the region with
its soldiers. This comes amid a high-level pentagon
plan to send u.s troops to the pacific
to be in close quarters with china.
The us is set to spend more than 5
billion dollars alone on the pacific
defense initiative in 2022 as they
counter the threat of china. Artist Rick Sanchez said we are learning
the top military officials are
indicating to congress that what they
really need to do is move u.s military
forces actual troops to the islands
around the south china sea to be in
close quarters with china.
Some u.s experts have raised fears that
this move will put americans in danger
with china capable of striking hard and
fast in its own neighborhood if pushed. The us already has over 70,000 troops in Japan and South Korea and there are also
plans to station more troops in Australia. China has responded to the plans by
criticizing washington's cold war and
zero-sum mentality.
Wong Wenbin the chinese foreign affairs
ministry spokesman said playing the
china card has become an excuse for the
us to increase its military expenditure
and build up its military strength.
Mr Galloway noted the idea of encircling
the country with the biggest population
in the world with the biggest army in
the world and the second biggest economy
in the world strikes me as madness. Encircle it for what? To blockade it? Does anyone think china will allow
itself to be blockaded?.
The idea that the u.s soldiers will be
planted on islands around china is
pregnant with so many terrifying
possibilities as to chill the blood. It feels like the run-up to the first
world war. Everyone has tooled up for war so they
might as well have a
war.
On wednesday the u.s secretary of
defense Iloyd Austin issued an internal
directive to laser focus u.s military
efforts to address china as the nation's
number one pacing challenge. The plans aim to provide billions to
upgrade u.s forces around the region, including the aegis ashore missile
defense system for guam new radar
defenses for hawaii and more troops near
china.
On thursday the australian defense
minister Peter Dutton backed plans to
increase the number of american military
personnel rotating through the northern
territory and having us navy vessels
operate from a base near perth. Raising the fear of impending war with
china Mr Dutton said that australia must
be prepared for any contingency. He said it was more important than ever
that we have a frank and nuance
discussion with the australian people
about the threats we face.
Over the past two decades the u.s has
prioritized weapons for
counter-insurgency warfare as it focused
its powers on fighting terrorism. However those aren't the weapons needed
in a hypothetical military match with
china as military expert richard
avellafia writes for foreign policy. With an adversary like china the us will
need weapons such as the nuclear-powered
submarines that will be built under the
recent agreement by the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom. They have much greater ranges firepower
and most of all survivability rights at Bellafia. Tracking submarines is something of a
black art one beijing has very little
experience in and very little dedicated
equipment to accomplish.
