Biden Admin Charts Path of No Return with China - What Was Once Considered 'Unthinkable' Is Now Reality

The Western Journal ^ | October 15, 2022 at 12:52pm | Jared Miller

[E. Pluribus Unum]

The United States has a history of putting rivals on the world stage in a corner economically, obligating them to make the first moves to war.

One of the most famous examples of this strategy came on July 26, 1941.

On that date, President Franklin Roosevelt introduced sweeping economic sanctions and asset seizures against Japan.

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As a result of those sanctions, “Japan lost access to three-fourths of its overseas trade and 88 percent of its imported oil,” according to History.

Needing oil to maintain its military might, Japan had little choice but to declare war on the West and mobilize its imperial fleet against the United States less than five months later. According to CNBC, the United States now appears to be utilizing the same strategy against China in the form of heavily restricting chip and semiconductor exports to the country.

While access to petroleum was crucial to militaries in the 1940s, access to semiconductors is crucial for any modern military to maintain its formidability on the global stage. According to CNBC, the U.S. Department of Commerce recently introduced strict rules and licensing requirements for chip exportation to China with the apparent goal of cutting the country off from access to chips used in supercomputers.

CNBC implied that the justification for these sweeping regulations relies heavily on the belief that semiconductors can and will be used for “advanced military capabilities.”

Abishur Prakash, co-founder of the Center for Innovating the Future, told CNBC, “With the latest action, the chasm between the U.S. and China has now expanded to the point of no return.”

“The latest chip rules are a sign that Washington is not trying to rebuild relations with Beijing. Instead, the U.S. is making it clear...”

[fso301]

One of the most famous examples of this strategy came on July 26, 1941. On that date, President Franklin Roosevelt introduced sweeping economic sanctions and asset seizures against Japan.

Only because Uncle Joe suddenly found himself needing help to protect his eastern flank.

[Republican Wildcat]

That’s why they appropriate the things COVID has done and claim none of that was happening until the vaccine came along - all completely false, but that gets the CCP off the hook by spreading that propaganda. That is not to say the vaccines do not have some potential very serious side effects that have in fact occurred, but they have literally been claiming pretty much everything that the virus caused wasn’t around until the vaccines and attributing it all to the vaccines. Same people on the QAnon threads, which General Flynn has confirmed is a foreign intelligence misinformation campaign. Put 2 and 2 together.

[ifinnegan]

That’s not the same thing as causing them to attack. That’s saying they knew and chose not to thwart it.

I have of course heard that ad nauseum also.

These tropes originated in the druggier fringier bowels of the new left decades ago. It’s sociologically interesting how they’ve come to be associated with the faux conservative or right wing façade.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

FDR grew up in China and hated Japan.

He did everything he could to cause the war.’

Just like Brandon did with RUSSIA! RUSSIA! RUSSIA! RUSSIA! RUSSIA! RUSSIA! RUSSIA! RUSSIA! RUSSIA! RUSSIA! RUSSIA! RUSSIA! RUSSIA! RUSSIA! RUSSIA! RUSSIA! RUSSIA! RUSSIA! RUSSIA! RUSSIA! RUSSIA! RUSSIA! RUSSIA! RUSSIA! RUSSIA! RUSSIA! RUSSIA! RUSSIA! RUSSIA! RUSSIA! RUSSIA! RUSSIA! RUSSIA! RUSSIA! RUSSIA! RUSSIA!

[ifinnegan]

“FDR grew up in China and hated Japan.”

You’re joking I assume.

[kabar]

Does anyone believe this? The Biden Crime Family is compromised by China. Judge Biden by his actions, not his words. Biden is helping China, not putting us on a path of no return.

[flaglady47]

“Democrat presidents always get us into wars...
They always will...”

With the exception of Shrub Bush in Iraq to revenge his father’s honor, you are right.

[Taxman]

Ping

[SunkenCiv]

As a result of those sanctions, “Japan lost access to three-fourths of its overseas trade and 88 percent of its imported oil,” according to History.

Needing oil to maintain its military might, Japan had little choice but to declare war on the West and mobilize its imperial fleet against the United States less than five months later.

Gosh, just this week I read that sanctions have never worked!



Japan's attack on Korea, China, Britain, and the US was due to their own racial superiority model.

It didn't make sense to start a war with us, it doesn't make sense now, and it can't be made to make sense.

The US sub fleet (and it wasn't large, mostly old, and had lousy torpedoes for the first two years after Japan attacked) was turned loose on Japanese shipping. By the US account (which was conservative about awarding credit for sinkings) during the 45 months of conflict US subs, ships, and planes sank 8 million tons, while the Japanese calculated about 11 million tons, with most of that figure happening before 1944. However restricted the Japanese oil supply had been before 12/7/1941, it got much worse nearly immediately.

The interdiction of shipping was so effective, the ample resources in Japanese occupied Borneo and elsewhere couldn't reach Japan, and the US mostly did nothing to try to liberate the occupied territories through direct combat.

The Japanese lost not only its four big carriers (bigger and mostly better than anything the US had) at Midway, six months into the war, they lost most of the best combat flight crews in the world at that time. They attempted to maintain their air superiority from land bases in the Solomons (probably with the view to occupying Australia), but were worn down in a yearlong war of attrition.

Japanese policy for naval engagements was that, loss of ships was not the worst problem because of insufficient fuel supply, so their attacks were all-in. By the end of the Battle of Okinawa, the Japanese navy was basically gone.

[catnipman]

“On that date, President Franklin Roosevelt introduced sweeping economic sanctions and asset seizures against Japan.

As a result of those sanctions, “Japan lost access to three-fourths of its overseas trade and 88 percent of its imported oil,” according to History.”

compete bullshit ...

Needing oil to maintain its military might, Japan had little choice but to declare war on the West and mobilize its imperial fleet against the United States less than five months later.”

A. the U.S. sanctioned Japan for invading and occupying half of China ...

B. Japan could always have BOUGHT the oil they needed from Asian countries that did NOT sanction Japan ...

[Nifster]

Riiiiight

We forced Japan to attack us. Not that they were allied with NAZI Germany already at war in Europe.

Japan just HAD to attack us to get the oil it needed for their military.

Dumbest logic ever

China MUST attack us because they can’t figure out how to produce chips. Again that’s their only recourse.

The idea that they might just join the world is an impossible idea

This guy ( as many I’ve seen if Kate) us an idiot

[Nifster]

By this idiots logic North Korea and Russia shouldve attacked us long ago

[Nifster]

Indeed

[Scott from the Left Coast]

“ While access to petroleum was crucial to militaries in the 1940s”

Got news for them…go find a military in the 2020s that petroleum isn’t crucial to.

[sauropod]

Review

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Evidently you believe the US feral government that developed and released a weaponized virus on the world and forced a few hundred million people to submit to weaponized “vaccines” that do not prevent the disease or limit its spread is not capable of evil.

You have a few surprises headed your way.

[GingisK]

There is a strong consensus of opinion among historians that the West did cause WWII. The post WWI treaties penalized German into severe inflation and misery. That proved to be a fertile situation for Hitler's rise. WWII was an extension to WWI, mostly due to an unreasonable peace.

General Marshall knew this. That is why there was a reconstruction following WWII rather than continued punishment.

[GingisK]

that does not remotely justify the Nazi party.

No, but it certainly made it possible for Hitler to gain the support of the German people.

[Williams]

Germany is part of the West and Russia was a major cause of WW2 - from the East.

More palp.

WW2 was caused directly by the German Nazi Party and Hitler.
And by Imperial Japan and the Japanese generals.

Both were based on racist ideologies. Both committed atrocities wildly out of proportion to any post WWI bitterness.

And Germany before it launched the World War by attacking Poland, had achieved an economic turnaround.

Germany’s post WWI economic woes are often given as a cause for the rise of Nazism. Regardless, they did not cause the rise of Imperial Japan, or WW2.

And Russia, a major protagonist in WW2, had abandoned WWI and even allied with Germany to kick off WW2. Therefore, Stalin’s immense role in WW2 and Hitler’s hatred of communist Russia also do not fit the simplistic narrative.

AND most historians believe Neville Chamberlain’s appeasement policy helped cause WW2, another disconnect from your narrative.

[GingisK]

Most of what you posted was a rebuttal for things I didn't either post or imply.

Chamberlain did not give rise to Hitler or the NAZIs, he merely proved to Hitler that military action would proceed without repercussions.