Mrs. Clinton Goes to Burma

An interesting tidbit of news last week was Obummer's announcement that he will be sending Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to Myanmar (Burma) supposedly to mend fences and “re-engage” that country’s government.

Of course, the official reason behind this decision is that Burma’s government has shown some progress on human rights and democracy, and has decided to talk with Burma’s #1 freedom fighter/democracy promoter Aung San Suu Kyi. As a result, the US will seek to “reward” Burma by establishing relations.

On the outside, this all seems like a benevolent and progressive act on behalf of the US government. But anyone who is familiar with the dirty underbelly of US foreign policy knows that there is more to this than the standard pro-democracy promotion rhetoric and concern about “human rights.”

This sudden itch to engage the Burmese government does not have anything to do with human rights or democracy. It has to do with the giant elephant in the room: China.

China’s economic and military power has been growing significantly in Asia and it is now eclipsing the US, Japan and other economic powerhouses. This scares Washington, which fears that it will lose it’s control, power and influence in Asia and the Pacific to Beijing. Just try typing in the phrases China power growing in Asia or China economic power growing in Asia in any web search engine and you are sure to find a lot of information about it.

This assertion about China’s growing power and displacement of the US in Asia is a fact, but the question is why is China on the rise in the world? This answer is not hard to find. For one, China does not threaten, sanction, invade and occupy other countries if it wants something from them. They send men in suits to negotiate and make deals, which do not cost a single bullet to be fired or human life lost. They deal with the world prudently and with the long-term in mind, as opposed to the impulsive and deranged way of the war-hungry drunks in Washington.

This is leading the US to lose influence and opportunities in Asia to China and this is causing a great deal of worry in Washington. Bogged down with useless wars which have weakened and overstretched its military and decimated its economy, the US is now trying to play catch-up by desperately snapping up any and all countries to their side in that region as they can. If some of those countries have nasty dictators and tarnished human rights records, no worry; Uncle Sam will gladly gloss it all over in the name of “strategic importance,” “fighting terrorism” or other PR nonsense.

So, clearly one does not have to be a political scientist to see that this so-called US re-engagement with Burma is not about improving human rights or democracy. This is just propaganda and a cover for the US government’s true intention of regaining ground from China in Asia and keeping it in check. Re-establishing relations with Burma is to serve this purpose. After all, just look where Burma is located:

Yup, right smack next to China, with which it shares a pretty decent-size border with. Now, from a strategic point of view, this would provide an excellent opportunity for a lot of eavesdropping and destabilization opportunities for the US government and military against China.

But, before anyone could jump to any hasty conclusions, Hillary made a few things known regarding her December 1 trip to Burma. At a recent press conference, she stated "We're not ending sanctions. We're not making any abrupt changes," and "We have to do some more fact-finding and that's part of my trip."

Read that last line again: "We have to do some more fact-finding and that's part of my trip." And exactly what facts is the US government interested in finding? I got a few hunches. Could it be to gauge how receptive Burmese officials are to bribes in the form of money, military equipment, easing/ending sanctions and offering expert PR that will hide the Burmese government’s abuses, in return for lucrative oil, gas and mining contracts, joining the US side against China and letting the CIA, along with other assorted US spook agencies, setup shop on Burmese territory so they can start destabilizing China? If past US “re-engagement” with dictatorial states, as well as current allies serves as a guide, then I am sure that my hunch is correct.

Hillary also let it be known that this is not about confronting China, and that this trip was discussed with the Chinese beforehand. But as one of the rules of Watergate goes, we cannot believe anything that the government says until it has been officially denied. China does not rule Burma and cannot tell their government who they can or cannot meet, so this supposed courtesy of the US asking China for permission in inconsequential and just a nice front for the cameras.

Plus, the cat’s already out of the bag anyway, as Obummer and other US officials have recently been making it clear that the US must regain influence which has been lost to China in Asia and the Pacific. This is part of the official record, so how can Hillary sit there and BS the world about this not having anything to do with China?! She, along with other US officials are clearly confident that the dumbed-down US public, with their fast-food retarded short attention spans will not remember anything beyond a week's time.

There is no doubt that if, and when, the US manages to establish diplomatic relations with Burma, China will see an increase in the amount of destabilization and espionage directed against it by the US and its military and spy agencies and fronts. This part of the world has to be watched, and I am going to keep a vigilant eye on it and offer insight into this as often as I can. Hopefully China is alarmed by this and will take strong measures to ensure that Burma’s new-found pals don’t turn the country into a staging ground for intrigues against China. But again, maybe China is just following the old adage “Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.”

Faced with a depressed economy which shows no sign of any true recovery, bankrupt federal and state coffers, record-breaking joblessness, rioters in the streets, inept leadership as well as failing political and economic systems, the powers-that-be in Washington have decided to escalate their imperial belligerence and plunder further, and this time up to China’s borders, way too close for comfort. Hopefully, the Burmese government will not make a deal with the US devil, unless it wants to see its soil serve as a battle ground in a future China/US confrontation.

The results of this re-engagement are a cause for worry.