Submitted by Tyler Durden on 10/17/2015 10:00 -0400
The US is in a tough spot militarily.
In Syria, Russia and Iran have taken advantage of the fact that the plan hatched by the West and its regional allies to destabilize the Assad regime took far too long to develop. The idea was to foment discord and provide covert support for the various armed militias fighting to overthrow the government. But the effort is entering its fifth year and Assad is still there. Not only that, there have been a series of unintended (well, at least we hope they’re unintended) consequences. First, one of the rebel groups the West and its allies supported morphed into an insane band of white basketball shoe-wearing, black flag-waving, sword-wielding desert bandits. Second, the fighting created a horrific refugee crisis that now threatens to destabilize the whole of Europe. Sensing a historic geopolitical opportunity, Moscow and Tehran simply stepped in and outmaneuvered Washington. Now, the US basically has to decide whether it wants to go to war with Russia, because paradropping ammo into the middle of the desert isn’t going to be a viable strategy.
Meanwhile, the US faces another superpower confrontation in the South China Sea.
When Beijing began its land reclamation efforts in the Spratlys, we’re reasonably sure the Pentagon didn’t anticipate the extent to which the effort would quickly become a giant headache for Washington.
As a reminder, it’s not so much the dredging that has Washington’s regional allies in the South Pacific upset. Island building has been done before in the area. Rather, it’s the scope of the project that has everyone unnerved as Beijing has so far constructed over 3,000 acres of new sovereign territory atop which China has built everything from cement factories, to greenhouses, to runways.
Whether or not the US really cares about this is debatable although these shipping lanes are indeed critical for world trade. But with The Philippines and others crying foul, Washington is left with little choice but to put on a brave face lest the world should get the idea that China can just redraw maritime boundaries at will and establish a Sino-Monroe Doctrine in the process.
So finally, the US decided that it would sail some warships by the islands just to see if it can do so without getting shot at.
No, really. That’s the whole plan. “Let’s see how far we can push them.”
This is of course orchestrated under the guise of a freedom of navigation operation which, in a way, makes little sense because China has never threatened global trade. Then again, it’s fairly obvious that Beijing has some military role for the new islands in mind.
In any event, China hit back on Thursday, saying the PLA would “stand up and use force” if necessary should the US make a “mistake” with the whole warship plan.
So in short, Washington is now in a staring contest with both Moscow and Beijing and both Russia and China seem to have gotten the idea that the US has lost its resolve lately and will probably blink first in both standoffs.
It’s with all of that in mind that we bring you the following rather amusing op-ed from Beijing out Saturday on Xinhua, presented below with no further comment:
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Via Xinhua
The United States’ provocative attempts to infringe on China’s South China Sea sovereignty are sabotaging regional peace and stability and militarizing the waters.
The U.S. Navy is reportedly preparing to conduct “freedom of navigation” operations, sending warships within 12 nautical miles of Chinese islands in the South China Sea. The U.S. operations may take place within days, according to reports.
Last month, in his response to China’s claim of sovereignty over the South China Sea, U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter said the United States “will fly, sail and operate wherever the international law allows, as we do around the world.”
White House Spokesman Josh Earnest said on Oct. 8 that U.S. warships patrolling close to artificial islands built by China in the South China Sea “should not provoke significant reaction from the Chinese.”
Let us not forget that in October 1962, when the Soviet Union was building missile sites in Cuba — not even on U.S. soil — U.S. President Kennedy made it clear in a televised speech that the United States would not “tolerate the existence of the missile sites currently in place.”
What on earth makes the United States think China should and will tolerate it when U.S. surface ships trespass on Chinese territory in the South China Sea?
China will never tolerate any military provocation or infringement on sovereignty from the United States or any other country, just as the United States refused to 53 years ago.
China’s stand on the South China Sea disputes is firm and clear. China’s sovereignty and claims of rights over Nansha Islands and their adjacent waters in the South China Sea have been formed over the long course of history and upheld by successive Chinese governments, and have adequate and solid historical and legal basis.
Just as Article 15 of the United Nations Convention of the Law of the Sea stipulates, delimiting the territorial seas of China and other countries in the South China Sea shall be in accordance with China’s “historic title” to the region.
China has always been, in a constructive and effective manner, a firm upholder of the freedom of navigation as well as peace and stability in the South China Sea. And China has vowed to continue to do so in the future.
China’s construction of civilian and public facilities on the Nansha Islands and reefs, which fall within the scope of China’s sovereignty, serves not only China but also coastal nations in the South China Sea.
For instance, two lighthouses recently built on reefs in the region have helped guide passing vessels from around the world and significantly improved navigation safety.
Contrary to U.S. claims, it will be the United States, as an outsider, that further provokes tensions in the South China Sea by sending soldiers and warships to Chinese territory in the name of “freedom of navigation.”
This is not the first move by the United States to undermine the regional peace and stability that China has worked so hard for.
Over the past several years, the United States has held frequent large-scale drills with its allies in the South China Sea, flexing their military muscles.
According to the website of the U.S. Department of Defense, the country has deployed thousands of civilian and military officials, as well as a huge number of weapons, to the Pacific region.
To destabilize the region and contain China, the United States has deliberately involved non-party nations, such as Japan, in the South China Sea issue and stirred disputes between China and other parties, including the Philippines.
By no means will China let the provocateurs make waves in waters that should be characterized by peace, friendship and cooperation.
Last year, the bilateral trade volume between China and members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) exceeded 480 billion U.S. dollars.
Concerned nations have no alternative but to jointly deal with disputes in the South China Sea that pose a threat to the development and prosperity of parties in the region.
On Sept. 18, in response to remarks made by the commander of U.S. forces in the Pacific on patrolling the South China Sea, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesman said China, like the United States, upholds freedom of navigation in the waters.
However, the spokesman stressed, China opposes any country’s challenge, in the name of freedom of navigation, to China’s sovereignty and security in the South China Sea.
During a visit to Europe in March 2014, Chinese president Xi Jinping stressed that his country will “never stir up any trouble, but will resolutely safeguard its legitimate rights” when it comes to sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Even though enhancing mutual trust and managing disputes through high-level visits and talks still remains the first option for China, the country will, without any doubt, adopt countermeasures against the United States if it doesn’t stop military provocations that infringe upon China.
People with vision in Washington should and must see clearly China’s determination in safeguarding national sovereignty and regional security.
So maybe we’ll get a chance soon to see if all those new ultra high tech Chinese weapons present any threat to us.
Hope so, it’ll be fun to embarrass the Chinese and show them up to the world as a bunch of blowhard cowards that can’t do what they boast they can. We’ll get to watch that Chinese pet dragon slinking away home with its tail between its legs.
The neocon agenda is totally dominant.
What gives them such power?
My guess is access to the vast NSA resources, the ultimate power.
Posturing….IMO, nothing of significance will occur with this ‘freedom of navigation’.
OTOH, we could see the Bully-Boy U.S. slink away with its tail between its legs. Our warmongers may wind up watching an aircraft carrier being sunk by a very, very fast Chinese missile. That would certainly be egg on their face.
It would take something very unusual for either side to initiate actual military action.
Thaisleeze,
What gives them such power?
I don’t care about that as much as who they are.
No one seems to actually know that, or how many of them there really are.
A list maybe?
Or you also among those that don’t really know, sort of like all the kids know the bogeyman is real and does terrible things to children even if no one has ever actually seen him or knows a child he’s done anything to.
TOP DOGS – DICK CHENEY & DONALD RUMSFELD
1) Richard Perle—-One of Bush’s foreign policy advisors, he is the chairman of the Pentagon’s Defense Policy Board. A very likely Israeli government agent, Perle was expelled from Senator Henry Jackson’s office in the 1970’s after the National Security Agency (NSA) caught him passing highly-classified (National Security) documents to the Israeli Embassy. He later worked for the Israeli weapons firm Soltam. Perle is one of the leading pro-Israeli fanatics leading this Iraq war mongering within the administration and now in the media.
2) Paul Wolfowitz—-Deputy Defense Secretary, and member of Perle’s Defense Policy Board in the Pentagon. Wolfowitz is a close associate of Perle, and reportedly has close ties to the Israeli military. His sister lives in Israel. Wolfowitz is the number-two leader within the administration behind this Iraq war mongering.
3) Douglas Feith—-Under-Secretary of Defense and Policy Advisor at the Pentagon. He is a close associate of Perle and served as his Special Counsel. Like Perle and the others, Feith is a pro-Israel extremist, who has advocated anti-Arab policies in the past. He is closely associated with the extremist group, the Zionist Organization of America, which even attacks Jews that don’t agree with its extremist views. Feith frequently speaks at ZOA conferences. Feith runs a small law firm, Feith and Zell, which only has one International office, in Israel. The majority of their legal work is representing Israeli interests. His firm’s own website stated, prior to his appointment, that Feith “represents Israeli Armaments Manufacturer.” Feith basically represents the Israeli War Machine. Feith, like Perle and Wolfowitz, are campaigning hard for this Israeli proxy war against Iraq.
4) Edward Luttwak—-Member of the National Security Study Group of the Department of Defence at the Pentagon. Luttwak is reportedly an Israeli citizen and has taught in Israel. He frequently writes for Israeli and pro-Israeli newspapers and journals. Luttwak is an Israeli extremist whose main theme in many of his articles is the necessity of the U.S. waging war against Iraq.
5) Henry Kissinger—-One of many Pentagon Advisors, Kissinger sits on the Pentagon’s Defense Policy Board under Perle. For detailed information about Kissinger’s evil past, read Seymour Hersch’s book (Price of Power: Kissinger in the Nixon White House) Kissinger had a part in the Watergate crimes, Southeast Asia mass murders, Chile dictatorship, and more recently served as Serbian Dictator Slobodan Milosevic’s Advisor. He consistently advocates going to war against Iraq. Kissinger is the Ariel Sharon of the U.S.
6) Dov Zakheim—-Under-Secretary of Defense, Comptroller, and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for the Department of Defense. He is an ordained rabbi and reportedly holds Israeli citizenship. Zakheim attended attended Jew’s College in London and became an ordained Orthodox Jewish Rabbi in 1973. He was adjunct professor at New York’s Jewish Yeshiva University. Zakheim is close to the Israeli lobby.
7) Kenneth Adelman—-One of many Pentagon Advisors, Adelman also sits on the Pentagon’s Defense Policy Board under Perle, and is another extremist pro-Israel advisor, who supports going to war against Iraq. Adelman frequently is a guest on Fox News, and often expresses extremist and often ridiculus anti-Arab and anti-Muslim views.
8) I. Lewis Libby —-Vice President Dick Cheney’s Chief of Staff. The chief pro-Israel Jewish advisor to Cheney, it helps explains why Cheney is so gung-ho to invade Iraq. Libby is a longtime associate of Wolfowitz. Libby was also a lawyer for convicted felon and Israeli spy Mark Rich, whom Clinton pardoned, in his last days as president.
9) Robert Satloff—-U.S. National Security Council Advisor, Satloff was the executive director of the Israeli lobby’s “think tank” Washington Institute for Near East Policy. Many of the Israeli lobby’s “experts” come from this front group, like Martin Indyk.
10) Elliott Abrams—-National Security Council Advisor. He previously worked at Washington-based “Think Tank” Ethics and Public Policy Center. During the Reagan Adminstration, Abrams was the Assistant Secretary of State, handling, for the most part, Latin American affairs. He played an important role in the Iran-Contra Scandal, which involved illegally selling U.S. weapons to Iran to fight Iraq, and illegally funding the contra rebels fighting to overthrow Nicaragua’s Sandinista government. He also actively deceived three congressional committees about his involvement and thereby faced felony charges based on his testimony. Abrams pled guilty in 1991 to two misdemeanors and was sentenced to a year’s probation and 100 hours of community service. A year later, former President Bush (Senior) granted Abrams a full pardon. He was one of the more hawkish pro-Israel Jews in the Reagan Administration’s State Department.
11) Marc Grossman—-Under-Secretary of State for Political Affairs. He was Director General of the Foreign Service and Director of Human Resources at the Department of State. Grossman is one of many of the pro-Israel Jewish officials from the Clinton Administration that Bush has promoted to higher posts.
12) Richard Haass—-Director of Policy Planning at the State Department and Ambassador at large. He is also Director of National Security Programs and Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). He was one of the more hawkish pro-Israel Jews in the first Bush (Sr) Administration who sat on the National Security Council, and who consistently advocates going to war against Iraq. Haass is also a member of the Defense Department’s National Security Study Group, at the Pentagon.
13) Robert Zoellick—-U.S. Trade Representative, a cabinet-level position. He is also one of the more hawkish pro-Israel Jews in the Bush (Jr) Administration who advocated invading Iraq and occupying a portion of the country in order to set up setting up a Vichy-style puppet government.
14) Ari Fleischer—-Former White House Spokesman for the Bush (Jr) Administration. Prominent in the Jewish community, some reports state that he holds Israeli citizenship. Fleischer is closely connected to the extremist Jewish group called the Chabad Lubavitch Hasidics, who follow the Qabala, and hold very extremist and insulting views of non-Jews. Fleischer was the co-president of Chabad’s Capitol Jewish Forum. He received the Young Leadership Award from the American Friends of Lubavitch in October, 2001.
15) James Schlesinger—-One of many Pentagon Advisors, Schlesinger also sits on the Pentagon’s Defense Policy Board under Perle and is another extremist pro-Israel advisor who supports going to war against Iraq. Schlesinger is also a commissioner of the Defense Department’s National Security Study Group at the Pentagon.
16) Mel Sembler—-President of the Export-Import Bank of the United States. A Prominent Jewish Republican and former National Finance Chairman of the Republican National Committee. The Export-Import Bank facilitates trade relationships between U.S. businesses and foreign countries, specifically those with financial problems.
17) Michael Chertoff —-Former Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division at the Justice Department, now head of the new Department of Homeland Security.
18) Joshua Bolten—-Bush’s Chief Policy Director, banker and former legislative aide. Prominent in the Jewish community.
19) Steve Goldsmith—-Senior Advisor to the President, and Bush’s Jewish domestic policy advisor. He also serves as liaison in the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives (White House OFBCI) within the Executive Office of the President. He was the former mayor of Indianapolis. He is also friends with Israeli Jerusalem Mayor Ehud Olmert and often visits Israel to coach mayors on privatization initiatives.
There is a Maxim that the best weapon of the last war will be ineffective and destroyed in the next war. This could apply to tanks, jets, carriers and submarines which can all easily be destroyed by tactical nuclear missiles. Better to spare the carriers any possible WWIII experience and maintain peaceful relations with Russia and China. Have we called a World meeting to draw the free shipping lines around the Nansha Islands and China acted aggressively requiring Obama to send the US Navy to establish the World’s point of view on the matter or are our NEOCONs trying to start another war again?
“Hope so, it’ll be fun to embarrass the Chinese and show them up to the world as a bunch of blowhard cowards that can’t do what they boast they can. We’ll get to watch that Chinese pet dragon slinking away home with its tail between its legs.”
Just remember where all your cheap igadgets, clothes, and trinkets come from. China should start asking for it’s money back that the U.S. owes it, but not in paper money. Then, it should dump all its U.S. treasuries on the market. Ananymous, since you are so eager for this butt kicking, you should pay for it and put your life on the line, you dunning kruger armchair cheerleading warrior.
“Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.”
“Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.”
@ Admin….You know, that’s probably a not nice thing to do, putting out that list. I mean, what does it matter that most, if not all, the people behind the throne are semitic? It’s not like they are just 0.2% of the world’s population, but most of them live in the USA or anything: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_population_by_country
It’s about the same percentage of Mormons http://www.allaboutmormons.com/number_of_mormons.php
Except that most Mormons do not live in the USA, nor hold power.
But those numbers don’t mean anything! It’s only because the chosen tribe are so smart, that’s all. They are actually just looking out for all of us dumb goyim.
Lysander,
If they weren’t smart how would they end up in charge of everything that happens in the world for the last few thousand years?
You make a case that they are your superiors, even if that probably isn’t your intent.
DUPLICITOUS BEHAVIOR by AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM
France capitulated to NAZI Germany and Japan occupied French IndoChina. The Vietnamese under the leadership of Ho Chi Minh, instituted a guerrilla (the Viet Minh) war against the Japanese.
The American’s supported and supplied this Vietnamese effort, through the precursor of the CIA, the OSS or the Office of Strategic Services.
Upon Japan’s surrender the Viet Minh agreed to the return of the French in exchange for promises of independence. On September 2 1945, the Proclamation of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam was read by Ho Chi Minh to a cheering Vietnamese multitude.
The Old World Imperialists ignored this and with the full backing of the USA, reoccupied their former colonies.
The Viet Minh and the Vietnamese people were stabbed int the back. Which eventually led to the French military defeat at Diem Bien Phu and the American defeat and withdrawal in 1975 at a cost of 54,000 US dead.
If the USA had have stood up to French, British and Dutch imperialistic demands at the end of WW II, the USA would have inherited a stalwart ally in the form of Vietnam in the far east. Instead of leaving the blood of 54,000 of it’s son’s and daughter’s on it’s soil, in answer to it’s duplicitous behavior. Exceptional? In hind sight – not so much.
This is just a propaganda campaign. Our real intent is probably to gain signals intelligence. I assume it still happens but we used to probe the USSR’s border regions with a ship or an innocuous plane flight but they were backed up by multiple levels of spying apparatus to determine the location and types of offensive, defensive and detection systems in place to counter those threats.
We’re not going to do dick about China’s “islands”. We’re just gathering intel and swinging our dicks. China and Russia rising is a good thing. We’ve needed our wings clipped for some time and it looks like our days of running roughshod over the planet with absolute impunity are about over. This will be a net good for all of us at least until the war starts which is coming regardless. It’s good for the central bankers donchaknow!
@Anonymous 1:51pm……..I don’t know about the “few thousand years” angle, but certainly they have had a grip on Western countries since the 18th century.
When I said ‘smart’, I really mean they are really smart. Smart, cunning, all for themselves and totally destructive to White people. Hell, my tag line I use sometimes is “The powers that be are some smart motherfuckers”. I mean it. I don’t admire them not am I in terror of them, but a little healthy respect and fear goes a long way to possibly defeat an enemy.
My thinking on this is that the Jooz have been kicked around and kicked out of just about every nation they ever settled in. Especially all the White nations. They were a major pain in the ass to the Romans and everybody since because they are a close-knit cult. The Jooz never had the numbers to defeat these powers and it wasn’t until modern banking came about around the 14th century that they had a chance. The Jooz took a while to get an upper hand at this, but their success at it is amazing.
After the Rothchild’s gained power with the European Monarchies, the Jooz had their opportunity to destroy the only thing standing in their way of doing whatever they wanted, and that is the White race. They’ve had their ups and downs over the years, but they have been persistent and they have the upper hand now. The Europeans are groveling at their feet.
I say that the entire goal of the Jooz was simply to destroy a threat that had always kept them down. White people.The joined with easily bribed White traitors to create Zionism and the rest is history.
They are winning. They are today, right now, completely annihilating Western Civilization in Europe, but the process started a long time ago. The goal is a mixed race of mongrels to inherit the lands that past White people had thrown the Jooz out of. The mongrels will be easy to rule and the Jooz will never have to worry about the White’s ever again.
Their task isn’t finished. But they are persistent buggers. I can’t even hate them. If I hate anybody, it’s the upper-class White’s who sold-out our race to the Jooz for a bag of silver both in the past and now.