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Related: About this forumEscobar: Al-Qaeda bogeyman gone, US bent on bugging China
The U.S. and the Philippines have staged a joint military exercise - storming an island in the South China Sea, near a marine area disputed with Beijng. America has been upping its armed presence in the Asia Pacific region, despite growing protests from China. Asia Times correspondent, Pepe Escobar, says that it's the latest attempt by Washington to provoke Beijing.
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Escobar: Al-Qaeda bogeyman gone, US bent on bugging China (Original Post)
The Northerner
Apr 2012
OP
"Protecting" others? Hasn't that been the same excuse the US military uses to justify imperialism?
The Northerner
Apr 2012
#3
"Protecting" others ! Uncle Sam has allways had a weakness for the classics.
anon-y-moose
Apr 2012
#4
teddy51
(3,491 posts)1. That's damn scary to say the least. n/t
JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)2. Sitting here on the West Coast of the US, I think that Escobar
is oversimplifying this matter.
The US has a strategic interest in what goes on in Asia. Doesn't mean we have to fight wars over it, but it does mean that we should have a influence in the region. And we have allies there that we are bound to protect.
The Northerner
(5,040 posts)3. "Protecting" others? Hasn't that been the same excuse the US military uses to justify imperialism?
anon-y-moose
(200 posts)4. "Protecting" others ! Uncle Sam has allways had a weakness for the classics.
Mosaic
(1,451 posts)5. We don't have to lead the world
Whoever pushes that agenda is not in public usually. They hide in the shadows like rats and cockroaches.