Posted on 01/15/2020 7:15:29 AM PST by Zhang Fei
The assassination of Iranian major-general Qassem Soleimani by the United States may be explained by US President Donald Trump’s administration as a retaliation against and deterrence of Iranian aggression but, in reality, it may actually be a strategic provocation against China. To understand why this is the case and see how this particular action is merely one piece of a larger puzzle, one must take into account all of America’s foreign policy actions.
Since the end of World War II, US foreign policy has been obsessed with how to maintain the nation’s superpower status. It maintains strong alliances like Nato and a military presence in virtually all corners of the planet as part of that strategy.
Over the years, influential policymakers such as Zbigniew Brzezinski have argued that the US must go further to ensure supremacy. For some, this includes designating Iran, Russia and China as enemies because the US doesn’t have total control over these countries, and stirring up Islamic extremism because all three of these countries have large Muslim populations that can be turned into terrorists against their own countries.
By creating Islamic extremism in these territories, the home-grown Muslim terrorists could then battle these foreign governments on behalf of the US, thus reducing the need to sacrifice American soldiers.
As a result, such proxy wars have become a permanent fixture on the world stage. The invasion of Iraq, the civil war in Syria, the bombing of Libya and many other actions have created extremist groups such as Islamic State that are direct threats to Iran, Russia and even China.
In the case of China, Uygur groups from the Muslim minority in China’s northwest, were armed with military weapons by outside forces. Uygur separatists proceeded to terrorise parts of Western China with bombings, stabbings and other violent means
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No doubt in my mind. Don’t forget Phat Boi the Nork.
I think you need to be on acid to write this and to read it.
Laughable & sad at the same time.
The writer is a communist Chinese sympathizer
Bizarro doesn’t even cover it. This article reads like it was written by the Central Military Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.
Lots of words. What’s China going to do? Exactly what it has been doing.
“...US foreign policy has been obsessed with how to maintain the nation’s superpower status....”
Not true - The Clinton administration with Madamm Albrite as Secretary of State, and the Obama administration, both worked earnestly to reduce the American influence around the world. The Clinton/Albrite cabal empowered the EU solely to counter the US, saying it is not best for the US to be the only superpower (this was even said in her book).
“...US foreign policy has been obsessed with how to maintain the nation’s superpower status....”
Not true - The Clinton administration with Madamm Albrite as Secretary of State, and the Obama administration, both worked earnestly to reduce the American influence around the world. The Clinton/Albrite cabal empowered the EU solely to counter the US, saying it is not best for the US to be the only superpower (this was even said in her book).
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They may say things like this in books, but how many countries did the U.S. abandon under Obummer? How many other countries did we actually acquire a presence in?
Now it’s true that Obummer’s actions in Iran strengthened the Iranian regime, but the addition of places lie Qatar and Syria (as well as others) to the list of growing US involvement signaled that the US was not really abandoning it’s interventionism.
“For some, this includes designating Iran, Russia and China as enemies because the US doesn’t have total control over these countries, and stirring up Islamic extremism because all three of these countries have large Muslim populations that can be turned into terrorists against their own countries.”
The author has an active imagination.
[the addition of places lie Qatar]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Udeid_Air_Base
Ha ha ha What a pile of crap.
[the addition of places lie Qatar]
The paper is based in China, and owned by AliBaba group. They print what the Party wants said.
Paranoia reveals ignorance and very very narrow thinking. The woman has no clue.
The Iranian general was killed to quell the gathering discontent among Kurds living in Paraguay. Not since the apparent end of Merkosur has there been such danger to the USA from Paraguay
[The paper is based in China, and owned by AliBaba group. They print what the Party wants said.]
Alibaba had the largest initial public offering in the history of the New York Stock Exchange
Were Yang's parent 外省?
The US did NOTHING to encourage Arab Muslims to move to China.
The Chinese can’t blame us anymore than we can blame the Chinese for Arab Muslims moving to our country.
This piece is insane kool-aid drinker stuff.
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