In comments Tuesday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that the entire world is in the process of uniting against China, saying it was the consequence of China’s “unfair” behavior.
This unity seems to be coming exactly as Pompeo has made the rounds trying to push anti-China sentiment, and his perception that it is happening may simply be nations he’s visiting wanting to pay lip-service to this US policy.
In naming specific nations on board with US hostility to China, Pompeo mentioned India, Japan, and South Korea. None of these nations were on good terms with China in the first place, and it’s not clear those terms have gotten markedly worse recently, beyond a brief border clash between India and China.
These nations have (mostly economic) rivalries with China, and may want to secure more US trade in backing the US against China. For many nations, however, this isn’t an option, and the goal is more to live with China and any other nation.
Big faced Pompeo is having wet dreams
Time for reality check. Us has squandered its vast resources on geopolitics — in spite of empirical evidence that the times of explorers and colonial empires is over. A new model is needed. The result is neglect at home. It may take generations for US to become economic engine.
As a result — US cannot offer economic benefits to would be partners. None can afford to sacrifice their wellbeing.
Examples. Brazil has trade with Eurasia TWICE the one with US-Mexico-Canada. India’s trade with Asia is FIVE times the one with US. Japan’s trade with China 1.5 times compared to trade with US. EU trade with Asia (mostly China) is twice trade with US, South Korea 80% trade with China compared to US. And so on, and on. Worse, on Purchase Price Parity basis, West is nit doing too well.
Thus this year’s Russian PPP will excede German exonomy. Eurasian century has already arrived.
Pompeo beliefs in his own lies.
He is briefed by clever contortionists. He lives in a well appointed bubble.
too much Seroquel and meth in his trailer park
the world is uniting against USA
only one nation voted w US for “snap back sanctions against Iran–the US colony, Dominican Republic
That is a pretty tall tail considering China has formed Joint Ventures with 67 countries in the last few years.
Meanwhile Washington has placed sanctions on 40.
And bombed a lot more.
Repeat of the old canard of “It’s not us against Saddam, it’s the whole world”.
Lets not forget his recent tantrum after he didn’t get the arms embargo and his pissy fit over the world rebuffing him on snap back sanctions on his favorite punching bag Iran.
Fake news.
Pompeo is pumped with day dreams…! He cannot do anything else…!
Only in Pompeo’s fantasies!
I’ll just leave this here: https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/38722a2614227a8777d48b7d9da4c33e63bddccdfb3f0d783f5d7efb53e9114b.gif
Hopefully, Pompeo will be heading to the dole queue in January, along with the obnoxious Trump, before they can do any more damage to our planet.
It’s clear to me that this site and most commenters absolutely hate the USA.
No, we want the US to be a far better country.
More like we can look at ourselves as we are instead of being delusional and believing the spoon fed propaganda that we are an exceptional nation. We’ve killed an estimated 20 million since the last time we were in a justifiable declared war. And that’s not even counting the deaths by our sanctions.
Maybe we just hate the lying, cheating & stealing that is all to often. U.S. policy which Pompeo recently proclaimed. Perhsps we value peace and prosperity over our war & debt crew looking for aggrandizement, hegemy, and their full vaunted spectrum dominance delusions. They see the sugar plums of absolute control. We see freedom & constructive concepts to use our energies for our own bettermen, ideals & goals. Not for thwarting the aspersions, goals and accomplishments of other people’s & states at tremendou’s costs in money & blood on the other side of the planet that enrich the 1% & costs most of us. Like the war in Afghanistsn.
It’s clear to me that you are delusional.
Aww, Maura’s 3rd discus post. All 3 here, feeling special.
No, we find Trumps america as an appalling substitute to democracy.
It’s a toss-up whether Fatman or his boss is more delusional.
Actually the world is uniting against the US and that fat assed beligerent pig Pompeo.