A government driven by a hubristic mentality goes from war
to war wasting hundreds of billions and trillions of dollars, and accomplishes
nothing but death and destruction. This latest decision by the U.S. government and the military to significantly
expand its influence and military presence in the Asia-Pacific region, China's
backyard, is a move that could easily lead to a direct and dangerous
confrontation between the two greatest powers on this planet.
Will this government and its military ever learn the lessons of history? In 1975 the U.S. was forcefully evicted from Vietnam. Did it learn anything from that debacle? No, it did not. Military hubris resurfaced when the U.S. invaded and occupied Iraq in 2003; just recently, the last American troops were ushered out of that devastated nation. Now, in spite of all we may be hearing in the media, the handwriting is on the wall in Afghanistan; the Taliban, those "insurgents" who have never been defeated by any invading power are winning that battle and, once again, the U.S. military will be forced to leave, be it in 2014 or even sooner.
Any lessons learned by our government by these successive misguided hubristic military actions? Absolutely not! In fact, instead of learning anything, the government and the military are now gearing up to launch the next chapter of their totally misguided agenda of foreign policy intimidation. This time the designated target area for the expansion of the military empire is the Asia-Pacific region of the world that just happens to be a most important part of China's sphere of regional power and influence.
Why would this government and this president, as America tries to recover from the setbacks and monumental costs it has incurred over the past decade in Iraq and Afghanistan, now want to establish a much greater presence in the Asia-Pacific region and directly confront its resident power, China? What's in it for the U.S. that they would risk another potential military confrontation? To answer that question one needs only to listen to the words of Hillary Clinton, our very aggressive Secretary of State.
As Secretary Clinton put it: "Harnessing Asia's growth and dynamism is central to American economic and strategic interests." Notice that she used the term "harnessing." Now if we look up the definition of harness, the verb; it is, " to collect and control something so that it can be used effectively." As a spokesperson for our government, by using that term, "harnessing", she seems to be saying that "what is mine is mine and what is yours is mine." This is nothing new; this is only the latest example of the continuing plan to control and collect the world's most critical resources, primarily petroleum and natural gas, no matter who happens to own them. Quite obviously, there is no longer any room for diplomacy, cooperation and negotiations in these matters.
If the powers that are driving this agenda to try to control the precious resources of that region, in which China just happens to be the resident power, think that they can do so without risking a serious military confrontation, then they need to think again. They are putting America into yet one more very dangerous situation that, once initiated, may be impossible to reverse. What they could not achieve by intimidation in smaller nations such as Iraq and Afghanistan can never be accomplished by taking on a giant such as China. It would be a huge mistake to underestimate the power that China possesses in both military and economic terms.
China can't currently match America's military might but it is very powerful in its own right. This is a nation of over 1.3 billion people that has a standing army of over 1 million, an air force, sophisticated missiles capable of disabling aircraft carriers, a growing navy and, by the way, just happens to own a nuclear arsenal. But China has other very powerful weapons that America does not have. We should remember that China holds a significant share (nearly $1.5 trillion) of America's national debt, that it is America's primary credit card company, that it manufactures a very large portion of the products this country needs, including parts that are crucial to much of this nation's technology sector. Let's put it this way; the U.S has decided to go after the nation that holds most of the aces, that holds the winning hand, and can cash in its U.S. chips anytime that it feels that America has pushed it too far.
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