U.S. renews imperialist offensive in Asia

[The Northerner]

In a coordinated military and diplomatic offensive, the U.S. government moved this week to challenge China and bolster its hegemony over Asia and the western Pacific. Both President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton were traveling through the region and making deliberately provocative moves toward China.

Obama made the militarist intentions of the U.S. perfectly clear. “The United States is a Pacific power, and we are here to stay,” he declared in a speech to the Australian Parliament. He vowed to expand U.S. influence in the Asia-Pacific region and “project power and deter threats to peace.” (CBS News, Nov. 16)

Then Obama announced the deployment of U.S. troops near the northern Australian city of Darwin. Even before he arrived, Australian demonstrators protested the increased U.S. presence with signs reading “No bases!” and “Pine Gap is too much,” referring to an already existing joint U.S./Australian spy base nearby.

Lawyer Diana Rickard said an influx in the number of U.S. troops in Darwin would make the community less safe. ”We do not want American Marines in Australia doing the same things they have done in the Philippines, in Japan, in Germany and probably in most parts of the world where they have a military base,” she said. “We do not want the violence to spread.” (news.msn.com.au, Nov. 17)

Read more: http://www.workers.org/2011/world/asia_1201/

[Nuclear Unicorn]

1. So Obama is an imperialist now

I guess I'll need to re-think my vote for next year.

[Riftaxe]

5. Presumably those who whine about Imperialism

desire the opposite which is isolationism, unfortunately President Obama has yet to cut all ties both civil and diplomatic with all foreign countries....geesh, what a monster.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

2. Naw. They're just being sent there to improve their tans. Like they did in Kuwait.

[MilesColtrane]

3. "Today, U.S. capitalism is racked by a worldwide economic crisis, while China...

strong and independent."

Yeah, what a worker's paradise China is.

:eyes:

[Nuclear Unicorn]

4. The part about,

abou"...making deliberately provocative moves toward China." made me chortle.

Not to imply that worker.org would have a political bias or anything.