Before we dive into the discussion today, I can't help but marvel at how rapidly the world is changing!
What has happened?
In just the past couple of days, the elaborate scheme that Biden had painstakingly crafted over four years, specifically targeting us, has finally collapsed completely and turned to ashes!
What exactly was this grand scheme?
Let's start with this piece of news: In recent days, the NATO summit was held in Europe. Unlike previous years, Japan and South Korea, which were not members but had been eager to attend the summit in the past two years, both decided not to participate this time.
The Japanese explained their decision like this: Ishiba Shigeru was originally scheduled to attend the summit from the 24th to the 26th, but due to various considerations, he has decided to cancel his trip.
The "various considerations" mainly boil down to one issue: recently, the U.S. has been pressuring Japan to increase its defense spending to 5% of GDP, but the Japanese have firmly said "no".
In a fit of anger, the Japanese have also canceled the annual "2+2" ministerial talks between Japan and the U.S., which involve the foreign and defense ministers.
What about the South Koreans?
The current South Korean President, Lee Jae-myung, said: After considering the domestic and international situations, he has decided not to attend the NATO summit.
These two events are highly unusual!
As we all know, on this little blue planet of ours, which is the biggest "mafia" organization?
Isn't it NATO?
Ishiba Shigeru's predecessor, Kishida Fumio, and Lee Jae-myung's predecessor, Yoon Suk-yeol, had been trying every means to get close to this organization back then!
What was the U.S. attitude at that time?
They were also trying hard to make it happen!
For this reason, let's take a look back at what happened before: At the 2022 NATO summit, South Korea was invited for the first time, along with Australia and New Zealand.
What was Yoon Suk-yeol's reaction at that time?
He was extremely happy, walking with a spring in his step!
The South Korean media was also filled with cheers!
A similar situation was seen with Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio, who was also invited to the NATO summit for the first time in 2022.
Many Japanese people were also quite pleased!
Both countries were almost shouting: Our international status has been elevated!
What does it feel like?
Although this "mafia" organization was not joined, at least they had reached its periphery!
They could sit together with a group of big shots and have a meeting!
Here comes a question: The NATO summit is still ongoing, aren't Japan and South Korea still semi-colonies of the U.S.? Why has their attitude changed so much after a change of leadership?
If we talk about the reasons for this, we need to distinguish between the superficial and the deep-seated causes.
What is the superficial reason?
The core issue of this NATO summit is something that neither Japan nor South Korea likes!
Because it aims to pass a new minimum defense spending target for NATO!
That is to allocate 5% of GDP to defense spending!
Who proposed this target?
You should remember the person I mentioned before: Elbridge Colby.
The Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Policy Affairs!
A few years ago, he was shouting loudly that, in the face of various threats, all U.S. allies should be uniformly required to increase their defense spending to 3.5%!
But around last year, when the U.S. was in the midst of a presidential election, he started shouting that 3.5% was not enough and it had to be raised to 5%!
Later, after being favored by Vance, he entered the Trump administration, and this 5% slogan became U.S. policy!
As for how this 5% came about and why it has to be 5%, no one cares!
But that's not all, there's an even more ridiculous thing: Trump told these NATO countries that the 5% target was only a requirement for them; it did not apply to the U.S. itself!
Our defense spending as a percentage of GDP is only 3.4%, which is sufficient!
In broad daylight, openly playing double standards, who can bear it?
Speaking of this, we now understand why the U.S. actually wanted to drag Ishiba Shigeru to the NATO summit, but why the Japanese were so reluctant to go!
Japan has a heavy debt burden and can't afford this 5%!
You tell me this 5% in private, and I'm already very unhappy.
To attend a conference specifically discussing this issue would be utterly foolish!
What about South Korea?
The values upheld by Lee Jae-myung's Democratic Party have always been in extreme conflict with the U.S. requirementb.
His foreign policy stance is basically the opposite of Yoon Suk-yeol's!
A while ago, someone asked him what South Korea's reaction would be if a certain event happened in the East.
His response was: "Wait until aliens invade Earth, and then ask me about this!"
This left a bunch of people in the country feeling frustrated and cursing him!
Speaking of this, we now understand that the U.S. demand for 5% of GDP for defense spending is extremely absurd to begin with.
It also wants to play double standards, requiring all its allies to reach 5%, while it only needs 3.4%.
Not to mention Japan and South Korea, even its other allies would probably avoid it if they could, let alone go along with it!
Let's continue. Behind Japan and South Korea's decision not to attend the NATO summit, there are deeper reasons.
We have to talk about Biden here!
I introduced him before: Although he always messes things up, he is always very confident and methodical when he acts.
After he took office, he quietly made three big moves against us, which seemed to be very fierce.
The first big move was to promote the "Quad" talks among the U.S., Japan, India, and Australia.
Just look at the map, and you will understand: this Quad dialogue actually created a large encirclement against us over a wide area!
The U.S. and Japan block the Western Pacific and the South China Sea;
Australia blocks the South Pacific;
India then launches a side attack from our western flank！
The second big move was the U.S. trying every means to meddle in the relationship between Japan and South Korea.
Before Biden took office, the relationship among the U.S., Japan, and South Korea was like this:
The U.S. was an ally of Japan;
The U.S. was an ally of South Korea;
But South Korea was not an ally of Japan!
After Biden took office, he exerted a lot of effort, using both soft and hard tactics, to force South Korea to bow down to Japan!
He wanted to integrate the U.S., Japan, and South Korea into one whole!
Why did he do this?
To better deal with us!
The "Quad" dialogue was still a strategic encirclement, but the second move was more like a close-range siege!
Now comes the focus of today: the third big move Biden made: creating an east-west echo!
How did he do this?
Over the past few decades, the U.S. has actually done a decent job in Europe, with a well-organized system.
First, it established NATO, which could counter the Warsaw Pact during the Soviet era.
After the Soviet Union dissolved, NATO expanded eastward, bringing its "gun barrel" right to Russia's doorstep.
This even forced Russia to fight the Russia-Ukraine war to gain some strategic space.
But in East Asia and Southeast Asia?
The situation is much less satisfactory.
The main forces there are just two: the U.S.-South Korea and U.S.-Japan alliances!
However, both Japan and South Korea have small territories and lack strategic depth!
As we grow stronger, this line of defense is becoming more and more like paper, easily penetrable!
In Southeast Asia, the U.S. tried to set up the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization to contain us.
But this organization was ineffective from the start and was eventually abandoned!
Later, ASEAN was established and became the largest trading partner of the East!
So there is an asymmetry:
When dealing with the relatively weaker Russia in the west, the organization is tight and has strong strategic depth;
But when dealing with the stronger us in the east, the organization is loose and lacks depth!
So after Biden took office, while creating a strategic encirclement and tightening the U.S.-Japan-South Korea alliance, he also tried every means to bring NATO countries to the east!
Why did Biden, during his tenure in 2022, 2023, and 2024, always invite Japan and South Korea to the NATO summit?
It was to bring NATO to East Asia to better deal with us!
So bringing the leaders of Japan and South Korea to the NATO summit was not just a formality, but the beginning of a conspiracy!
Talking about this, can everyone now feel how confident and methodical Biden is in his actions?
But don't worry, all the three big moves he painstakingly made have been shattered and completely dissipated.
His first big move, the "Quad" dialogue,
The most critical point was that India was supposed to play a big role and strike hard in our west.
But in the India-Pakistan air battle on May 7th this year, India was directly beaten into the ground.
The threat in the west was removed!
Biden's second big move was to manipulate the relationship between Japan and South Korea and make South Korea a junior partner of Japan.
But Yoon Suk-yeol, in a nervous and erratic manner, failed to impose martial law in December last year and was later impeached!
Although it was not dissolved, it is basically impossible to continue after Lee Jae-myung took office!
Biden's third big move was to have the U.S.-Japan-South Korea alliance and NATO echo each other from east to west.
But because Trump, influenced by Elbridge Colby, insisted on forcing all its allies to increase their defense spending to 5%, this plan was basically ruined.
Japan and South Korea simply do not want to spend so much money and will try to avoid meeting with the NATO group in the future!
But if they try to avoid meetings, where will further cooperation come from?
So,Unwittingly, Biden's third big move to create an east-west echo has completely collapsed, just like a tea party that ends with everyone leaving and the tea growing cold.
From this incident, what can we see?
Some things in the world are really quite funny. Biden's carefully planned big move was actually destroyed by Trump's random call for a 5% increase. Who could have thought of that?
Sometimes, we have to say, a country really has a national fortune!
When the great fortune comes, even the heavens seem to be on our side!
At the same time, we can't help but marvel: the world is changing so fast now!
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