Nuclear war risk heightened by USA ”Air Sea Battle” concept in the Pacific
Why Australia Fears the United States The Disaffected Lib, 14 April 2013 Since coming into existence in 1776, the United States has enjoyed just 21 “war free” years. The last four of those were under president Jimmy Carter who didn’t see much point in blowing other people, their kids and all their stuff into smithereens just to make a point. No wonder he was so reviled.
Since Bush/Cheney rode into Washington, the United States has become our world’s only true Warfare State. Obama, despite his claims to the contrary, has kept the tradition alive and well.
When Canadians consider our country’s relationships with America, we too readily forget that it is a true, warfare state. That affects the way it works, the way it deals with other countries like our own, and the decisions it takes for the future. If you have any doubt about this, read Andrew Bacevich’s The New American Militarism reviewed here and here and here.
You know who is really nervous about this new American militarism? The Australians, that’s who. They look way up north and they see an emerging China and then they see the Warfare State “pivoting” into China’s backyard and it scares the hell out of them down under. It’s even scaring the right-wingers at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute who warn that tensions between Washington and Beijing could escalate into a nuclear war that Australia would be unable to escape.
The Australian Strategic Policy Institute has written in a new paper that the fashionable ”AirSea Battle” concept, which Washington strategists are developing to keep the US’s grip on its sea and air power near China, contains ”uncertainties and potential shortfalls” that could heighten the nuclear risk…… http://the-mound-of-sound.blogspot.com.au/2013/04/why-australia-fears-united-states.html
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