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China is acting as an aggressor in the region, the US is only providing shields and containment to nations that seek their assistance. The US strategy is to en
by cynusx 5y ago
China is acting as an aggressor in the region, the US is only providing shields and containment to nations that seek their assistance.
The US strategy is to enforce peace through strength which is what you can expect from a democratic country and which is widely supported by allied nations.
Dictatorships tend to seek external enemies to boost a rally-around-the-flag narrative that boosts centralized control. It's a very old playbook that works everywhere (also in US domestic politics).
The Chinese communist party will need these distractions more and more as the GDP growth will stall due to internal corruption (they rank lower than Ghana and Tunesia in corruption indexes).
I think we can agree that whatever the communist party thinks it needs to stay in power should not lead to WWIII
- mikem170 5y agoI would say that the U.S. is an aggressor in the region, also, with deployed military forces and its own agenda. I agree about external enemies. I think that both China and the U.S. are playing that dangerous game. I also agree that the Chinese communist party will come under more pressure domestically. besides the things you mentioned are also some tough demographic changes coming up. I also assume that the communist party in China doesn't want WWIII.
- cynusx 5y agoUS often bases troops on request of their allies. China claims 80% of the South China Sea as "ancestral lands" and they are actively building capability to take it by force. How would you feel if you are in charge of Indonesia or the Philipines? Which territory does the US claim?