A MISTAKE IN THE FAR
EAST
The world needs to
lower tensions and conflict, so why does Washington insist on insisting on the
South Sea and the Korean peninsula?
By Sidney Hey
In the current global scenario, the conflicts in
Ukraine, the Gaza Strip and their reverberations on the Lebanese border and the
Red Sea have been distracting public opinion from another possible war front
that the Pentagon has been working on for some time and is about to open at any
moment.
The situation on the Korean peninsula is far
from stable or even peaceful, but when we look more closely and see in detail
the constant back and forth between Seoul and Pyongyang we can intuit that
there is a progressive degradation between the two sides which, to make matters
worse, is encouraged by the ever clandestine meddling of Washington and its
Atlanticist allies.
It is impossible not to repeat it. If
Washington were not fuelling the secessionist ambitions of the political elite
in Taiwan, the animosities and suspicions against China in the states bordering
the South Sea, and provoking North Korea (which Washington considers a
dangerous actor) at every turn, we would certainly not have a high fever in
this region.
The US needs unconditional vassals in the
region, such as Japan, who are willing to be fulminated by a nuclear strike
first.
This concern is not only seen by the Japanese
who, every now and then, have to watch North Korean intercontinental missiles
whizzing past their heads as if it were a lottery or rather a "Russian
roulette" in which every Japanese wonders: Will it land in the sea or on
the island?
Australia, for its part, is not that far from
North Korean missiles without meaning that Kim Jon Un has any intention of
launching a strike against the big island. Sadly, the Canberra government's
flirtations with Washington are getting Pyongyang to target us with a number of
numbers. But the ordinary Aussie who is
more concerned about the rising cost of living, unemployment and high taxes
might well ask, Hey mate! Why would the fat boy in Pyongyang launch an attack
on us if we haven't done anything to him? And someone standing next to him who
is well informed about what is going on over the horizon might ask him,
"You don't think so?
It is governments that weave or cooperate with
these plots of intrigue and constant threats. At the gates of the Pacific Ocean
we have Papua New Guinea and Australia, as two obsequious collaborators with
the plans of the State Department and the Pentagon. In the case of Australia,
the obsequiousness with which the government of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese
approaches the White House and the US State Department is a tradition. Without
considering all the manoeuvres that the Americans carry out, such as the
private negotiations conducted by actors like USAID, USIP and other supposedly
innocent initiatives to open dialogue between the two Koreas, as well as the
large black holes of money, they are nothing more than part of the soft tactics
implemented -together with the “Five Eyes” agency- by the US
intelligence agencies to impose their guidelines.
Of course, Canberra is not going to question
these games. Prime Minister Albanese and his entire cabinet are in the mistaken
belief that “we are Anglos” and as part of the Commonwealth, the Americans and
the British regard us as equals and as such will stick up for Australians. If
the issue were not so serious I would certainly laugh uncontrollably. Many
would ask you what part of our nation's history have you studied? So obedient
has the local government proved to be that all that is missing from official
communiqués is a caption saying “I will do immediately as you command!!”.
This is no exaggeration. For decades we have
been playing the American side's dirty games and what have we gained? We
participated in the aggressions against Iraq and had a role to forget after the
2003 invasion and let's not dig into what we did in Afghanistan. Oh sure, a big
handshake from the US president that our conspicuous representatives receive,
lagging military hardware and promises of many benefits for supporting the
agendas they weave in Washington.
But down here, in reality, things are
different. We are currently playing the Biden administration's little games to
maintain “security” in the Indo-Pacific in exchange for a few old US Navy ships
and a promise to provide the RAN Royal Australian Navy with used "Virginia
Class" nuclear submarines by 2032 or 2035 at the latest.
If that is not enough, the government has also
reached an agreement with Britain to build a nuclear submarine SSN-AUKUS that
would operate in both fleets, with the first to be delivered by the late 2030s
and allowing Canberra to build its first ship only in the 2040s, which is
already being considered for future budgets.
Meanwhile the Australian Navy as a mere vassal
of Washington will continue to be involved in operations in international
waters to screw whoever they command, the ultimate goal being to go to the Red
Sea to deal with the Huties.
As can be seen, we are giving magnificent
signals that we intend to keep the peace in the region. It is not enough for
our conventional ships to prowl non-national jurisdictional waters. Our Navy is
part of a task force such as AUKUS, which the Americans formed and which the
Americans direct, and which is only destined to fulfil objectives that the
Americans want. We have to get out of this narrow mindset that our politicians
and our military have adopted from the Americans that only sees what they see,
the rest does not matter.
In the last month, Seoul has been threatening
its northern neighbour with possible consequences for its development in the
space field. The launch of a North Korean satellite last November using its
advanced TAEPO DONG propellant development not only raised the ire of Seoul but
also raised alarms in Washington and the NATO secretariat who immediately came
out to condemn this development and, of course, to sow further fear in the
South Koreans about this technological advance which, if you haven't noticed,
can propel their missiles as far as New Zealand, including Stewart Island and a
few hundred kilometres beyond.