Is the U.S.’s Sword Pointed at China?

The night before the Chinese New Year, U.S. President Obama made a video announcement to the world for the Asian Lunar Year. At the same time, in the early morning of February 13, the U.S. headed a multinational offensive on the Taliban in Marja city, Afghanistan. This was the largest offensive since the beginning of the U.S. war in Afghanistan.

The New Year of the Tiger is a day of extra celebration for Chinese people. In 2009, China resisted the tsunami of the global financial crisis, reaching victory step by step. On Jan. 21, 2010, Japan’s Bureau of Statistics announced the newest data outlining that, last year, China’s economy grew by 8.7 percent, surpassing the rest of the world.

Originally, China took the lead out of the financial crisis; its economy sustaining development was a major contribution to the global economy. It penetrated the middle of Wall Street’s financial crisis, lending a helping hand to the U.S. economy. However, no good deed goes unpunished in Obama’s government. After the president visited China last year, the U.S. sold weapons to Taiwan, the Google issue occurred and the U.S. met with Tibet’s Dalai Lama, its provocative behavior injuring the Chinese people’s love affair with the U.S. again and again.

According to the latest report in the New York Times, a few days ago, U.S. intelligence agencies and the Pakistan Intelligence Bureau worked together on a one-time collaborative secret mission to arrest “the Taliban’s top military commander,” known as Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, in Karachi.

On Dec. 2, 2009, China’s People Online published: “U.S. government top officials revealed on the 1st that President Obama will send an additional 30,000 troops to Afghanistan. This increase represents a continuation of the 8 year war in Afghanistan, with local U.S. military strength reaching a total of 100,000 troops.” On the morning of Oct. 7, 2009, the U.S. “International Herald Tribune” online reported: “The U.S.’s expansion in Afghanistan reflects its long-term strategy.” On the surface, Obama firmly opposes the Iraq War; to advocate cracking down on terrorism in Afghanistan is a means of resolving the U.S.’s original conflict in the war on terror, albeit unnecessarily.

Growing up in Indonesia and Hawaii, Obama is quite familiar with Asia. However, in 2010, Obama made a video at the White House using Chinese red for a background to represent the joyous holiday atmosphere. One can see the meticulous scheme of this expert in Asian politics. However, the choice to launch such a major military strike against China’s western neighbor, Afghanistan, on the eve of the New Year is by no means a coincidence.

The political spheres and high-level businesses in Washington and Wall Street ought to reflect deeply over the root of the financial crisis, taking a critical look at how the crisis violently shook global prosperity. And yet, they have not learned their lesson, still continuing on despite the advice and warnings from others. Top bank officials still earn excessively high salaries, continuing to push their hegemony on the rest of the world.

Facing China’s continuous growth, the U.S. has already started to contain China’s strategic plans on all fronts. While Chinese nationals celebrate the New Year with joy, the flames of war are raging in Afghanistan, a shining sword pointing toward them.