Slippery slope from 'strategic competitor' to outright adversary

Chris Burford cburford at gn.apc.org
Sun Jun 24 01:12:35 PDT 2001


The head of the security committee of the House of Lords (UK - where else would you have a House of Lords?) said in an interview at the time of the US mission to Europe to sell the missile defence system, that the US representatives said privately that the real enemy was not rogue states, but China.

It is essential for Bush's hegemonic plan that China plays a sufficiently credible role as main enemy to jjustify this sytem. This system would allow the US to punish erring states with lasers. So much safer than the high altitude bombing during the Kosovo war.

A global state is being created and the political question is whether other countries will allow the US to set it up and run the coercive forces. The US badly needs China as an enemy to keep its rival imperialist powers in line.

The counterploy is to argue for international security systems that are more widely accountable.

Chris Burford

London

London



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