America’s bullying days are now over
Published on: Sunday, August 07, 2022
By: Datuk John Lo
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The photo of the last American flight out of Afghanistan with disparate people clinging on the plane on the runway is final proof of America’s sharp declining power.
A genuine superpower doesn’t do these shameful things and would not allow itself to be caught in such a compromising stupid/embarrassing position.
No stretch of the imagination that USA has no guts to fight Russia which has more nuclear bombs than combined number of the Western alliance. America’s only option is a proxy war in Ukraine.
The Ukraine PM is stupid enough to believe the American lies and is now suffering grievously for it.
Ukraine has been sacrificed. Its leaders have been sold down the river, lock stock and barrel.
The Ukrainian people will take at least 50 years to recover.
Pretty obvious that the American society is crumbling from within with the largest prisoners per 1000 among the advanced countries, highest random “shoot to kill” incidences, increasing number of homeless people and widening gap between rich and poor. Signs of moral and physical decadence are common.
Typically of a fast-declining superpower, it is clinging to straws to maintain its position, not caring about consequences.
USA wants to contain China from overtaking it. Taking on Russia and China at the same time can only be a joke.
Weaponisation of USD and SWIFT.
America’s biggest mistake is to weaponise USD and SWIFT against Russia. America and EU have hijacked the USD reserves Afghanistan’s USD8 billion, Russia’s USD300 billion and other countries.
His high-handed robber action has failed to cause the economic collapse of these country.
Instead, all the other countries have lost confidence of USD as the world’s reserve currency.
The BRICS countries are coming up with their reserve currency, Russia, China and the oil producing Middle East countries have stopped using USD for payment. Reminbe as a reserve currency is increasing rapidly.
The de-dollarisation in world trade is gathering momentum which will eventually prove to be disastrous for the American economy and its super power position.
Lessons from Russia/Ukraine war.
[a] USA/Nato dare not fight Russia. For years, they expanded Nato despite Putin’s warmings that they are crossing its red lines. Worst they encouraged Ukraine to go against Russia but when the fighting started on 24th February 2022, they gave Ukraine 3rd rate weapons, have refused to send “boots on the ground”.
[b] American and EU sanctions on Russia have backfired on them. Their massive weaponisation of economic sanctions, seizure of Russia’s USD300 billion and attacks on the Russian Roubles have totally failed. The Roubles sunk to about 122 to the USD for a few days, recovered strongly and is now stronger than pre-Russian Ukraine war. Russia’s trade is stable thanks to China and India. Their expectation of Russian economic collapse did not happen.
[c] Russia fought back by withholding gas supply which plunged Europe into worst inflation in 40 years. Germany which is the largest economy in Europe is now rationing gas, reducing heating and suffering from semi-darkness like a 3rd rate country. Right now, USA and Europe are going through an unprecedented energy crisis. As the crisis drags on, EU may disintegrate.
[d] USA and Europe have been isolated. Apart from USA’s few vassal states of Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Australia, they have no support even though USA have used threats. USA have tried unsuccessfully to arm-twist India and China, to go against Russia.
Not one African, Latin American or Asian country has complied. Most telling is Opec countries, especially world largest oil producer, Saudi, has refused to increase oil production.
Qatar, the largest gas producer likewise. They even refused to answer Biden’s phone calls. Shamelessly, Biden had to fly in, begging personally to meet MBS, the Saudi’s crown prince. Even that has not borne result in greater supply of oil.
USA is the vilest rule breaker of the rule-based system in the world.
Since after WW2, USA and its allies made all the rules which have been designed to benefit them, to give them unfair advantages.
Using this so-called rule-based system and IMF/World Bank, they have plundered the resources of poor countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America. USA, in cohort with EU, would engineer regime change, political assassinations, invasion, economic sanctions and/or undertake “dirty tricks by CIA to force these nations into compliance.
Abundant examples of their unsavoury tactics are aplenty, worst is the invasion of Iraq using the pretext of WMD and hanging of Saddam.
USA and its allies are the vilest rule breakers of their own rules, be it the rule of law, fair trade, sanctity of property ownership and human rights.
Massive number of people in poor countries have died of hunger/lack of medical supply and suffered at the hands of USA’s and its allies’ unruly, hypocritical behaviour. USA and its allies are the worst human rights offenders having killed many millions especially in the middle east.
Who are the winners, losers?
USA and Nato have created a very dangerous situation in the Russia/Ukraine war, with many unexpected outcomes like very dangerous security in the world, raging inflation and massive food crisis.
[a] The winner countries. USA has used the Russia/Ukraine War to once again impose complete control over Nato countries. USA has profited tremendously from arm sales and energy to EU. Its arm industrial complex is booming again. China and India have benefited from deep-discounted Russian oil and export items.
[b] The loser countries. First, Ukraine is suffering from massive destruction. The war will last a long time. 5 million Ukrainians have become refugees. EU countries are undergoing worst inflation in 40 years and are now suffering from deep recession, especially Germany. Situation will worsen in the coming winter.
[c] The innocent victim countries. These includes the rest of the world, especially the emerging countries. They are being burdened with high inflation, serious disruption in the supply chain and food scarcity.
USA has failed to start a China/Taiwan War.
China is too clever to fall for an American proxy war with Taiwan over Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taipei. Such a war will play straight into America’s ambition of:
[a] a Chinese killing Chinese war. Xi Jinping is no simpleton like Zelensky.
[b] enriching the American arm industrial complex as it will sell many more billions worth of weapons to Taiwan.
[c] derailing or delaying China’s take over from America as the world No. 1 super power.
China is wise enough to know who and where the real enemy is, definitely not the Chinese in Taiwan.
Well try America. Ultimately China’s many thousand years of culture and wisdom cannot be fooled by America’s 300 hundred years of history of reliance on force, cohesion, bullying, and many other dirty tactics.
The world has come to realise China has become rich by collaborating and co-operating with countries for common good, USA has gotten rich by, bullying, force and exploitation of smaller nations.
- The views expressed here are the views of the writer Datuk John Lo and do not necessarily reflect those of the Daily Express.
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