Antagonist abound.
The Chinese and Russian militaries have agreed to their first joint military exercises as a means to promote "the development of the two countries' strategic collaborative relationship in order to safeguard and promote regional and world peace" or so says Hu Jintau.
What a delightful event it must be.
While we address the United Nations impotence in stemming the tide of dictatorial and unjust governance around the world, we are presented with old enemies aligning themselves to "safeguard and promote regional and world peace." The threat posed by other nations in Asia must be enormous. The reality, unstated of course, as few are, is that a Sino-Russian alliance is directly meant to counter U.S. and allied forces in Asia and elsewhere.
So while faux democratic Russia develops new weapons, despite their economic weakness, and China, possessors of the largest armed forces in the world and a growing economic force of significance to the U.S. and the world, we are aligned with a Pakistani government which aside from its nuclear capabilities is weak at best, with Japan, Taiwan and South Korea, who combined offer little more than an inadequate military defense of their own nations.
Lest we peer through rose-colored glasses, no one should be fooled by the current efforts of the Chinese to expand their economic and military reach, from Russia’s movement toward their Soviet heritage in both governance and military tactics, and from the rest of world’s silence in the face of a growing threat, the United States, and it's allies are considered a threat and are besieged accordingly.
