China and America: A second Cold War? - RT 110110

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http://rt.com/politics/robert-gates-china-military/
The Obama administration is working to maintain positive US-china relations; however the nation remains a serious enemy in the minds of many American politicians.
To make matters more contentious, US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates announced $78 billion cuts to the Pentagon budget and is currently on a trip to China. Those who see China as a greater threat argue cuts will damage America security and what is really needed are boosts in US defense spending.
Journalist Pepe Escobar from the Asia Times explained that the Pentagon, from a Chinese perspective, can easily be conceived as a threat, but not the other way around.
US forces are based in South Korea, Japan and other parts of Asia, as well as Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan and the Indian Ocean. US military expansion in Asia is ongoing through regions strategically important to China.
"They [China] are more or less encircled by American troops," he said.
China has more of an incentive to listen to the US, he argued. The Chinese spend much less and have less available to spend on their military and are currently behind in military technology development.
Former US ambassador to the UN John Bolton however is not convinced. Earlier he commented; "I think the administration badly misestimates the threats to the United States around the world. I think the recent budget cuts that Secretary Gates has announced will go down as one of the biggest mistakes he has made during his tenure. I think the entire course the administration is taking on the defense budget is wrong."
China is a scapegoat for the US to maintain an expansive military and increase spending, argued Escobar. China is not a threat, merely an excuse.
"The threat from China is economic," he added. "The economic policies of Washington should lead, not the Pentagon."
However, China is not to blame for Americas economic woes, he said. Corporations and flamed American policies are at fault.

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[AntiDefm]

@churchbigbang That's true, especially everytime when US president talking about "human rights". For God's sake, Anglo-Saxons were still doinbg the slave trade in open market less than 150 years ago, how much they know about "human rights"?! LOL!

Peace!

[leeo268]

It only took 10 more months for American to realize that Major Corporations and Wallstreet are responsible for the lost of jobs in US instead of some random Asian countries.

[93razzmatazz]

@SearchAndBuild and you can speak up in the US? do you see whats going on with occupy?acta? wikileaks?gitmo? face it its exactly the same here its just more secretive about it at least its visible in china

[566467]

@MegaBobbygreen have you actually been to the countries US helped? name one country if you can without googling. in fact, people elsewhere in this world are doing a favor by working for US company to give you the goods. heck.. theres a big Nike factory in Indonesia.

all this in the name of budget cuts, happy?

[566467]

budget cuts? i can see the guy n his cronies disappear with 78 billion dollar just like that after a 'hugely mistake' made.

[SearchAndBuild]

@AntiDefm So what? We don't have slaves anymore..but in China you can still go to jail for speaking up against the government. You can not use the West's past mistakes as an excuse for the abuses of the current Chinese regime!

[anawad8lba2012]

@MegaBobbygreen go fuck your mom stupid cowboy