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The world is not at peace for sure. In Europe, the Russia-Ukraine war has entered its third year. The U.S. coercing its NATO allies is continuing its military aid to Ukraine instead of focusing on any cease-fire plan. This war instead of crippling Russia’s economy has brought energy shortages and high inflation to Europe. In the Middle East, the Israel-Houthis conflict has turned Gaza into a war zone, despite of UN and many countries calling for stopping the ‘genocide’ killing, the U.S. seems to be unable or unwilling to pressure Israel to cease fire. This conflict has escalated to the Red Sea. The Red Sea connects the Indian Ocean and Mediterranean Sea through the narrow Suez Canal between Africa and the Middle East. The Suez Canal has been a vital waterway for shipping goods between Europe and Asia. This crisis has a great impact on trade, affecting world commerce and logistics. Shipping insurance rates skyrocketed and only ships flying the Chinese flag got to pass through. The U.S.’s response is retaliation rather than seeking a peaceful settlement. China seems to be the only nation trying to mediate these wars, however, its twelve-point peace plan for the Russia-Ukraine war seems to fall on deaf ears in the West even though Russia expressed acceptance for a peace talk. China was successful in getting Saudi Arabia and Iran to establish diplomatic relations. But its intention and effort in peace mediation were ignored by the U.S. Instead, the U.S. driven by the pressure of its presidential election coming in November seemed to be more interested in painting an Imperial China threatening the U.S. security than in worrying about its domestic problems and how to work with China to seek world peace. Why? Why do the American politicians and think tanks inflame a “China Imperialist threat” despite no evidence?!
 
Recently, Tucker Carlson released an exclusive interview with Vladimir Putin (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYfByTcY49k). This interview received millions of viewers creating a hot discussion on the Russia-Ukraine war, U.S.-Russia relations, and most significantly extended to U.S.-China relations. There are numerous post-interview commentators on Carlson’s interview and Carlson himself as a controversial media personality, especially in his background as a media professional. Some of the main points revealed were first, Carlson was a pro-Russia reporter, second, Carlson was a close supporter of Donald Trump, and third, Carlson was a hawk against China throughout his journalistic career. He had been promoting the idea of allying with Russia against China, in his view, China is an imperialist threatening the U.S. and the world but with no evidence, only blind belief. One of the commentators said that Carlson’s purpose of his interview with Putin was to drive a wedge between Russia and China, but Putin saw through him and did not give him any chance to utter his ideas except by telling him China has great potential as a great nation. Putin was intelligently using the interview to give the world a clear history lesson about Russia and Russia’s intent to integrate with Europe but was repeatedly slapped in the face by the U.S. and NATO denying Russia any chance to establish a peaceful relationship with Europe.
 
One of the commentators who reviewed Carlson’s interview gave a fair interpretation of the interview and Carlson’s hidden motives derived from his past words and deeds in his news reporting is Ben Norton (Geopolitical Economy Report https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzEc5GbSbIU). Norton gave a detailed background on Carlson and his association with the CIA (including Carson’s father was the Director of Voice of America and Putin’s satirical comment congratulating Carlson for applying for a job in the CIA. Norton also showed another clip of Carlson accusing China of violating the Monroe Doctrine by trying to take over South America. Norton’s Video exposed the U.S. right-wing warmonger stories and the U.S. “Deep State” control of America leading the U.S. foreign policies and domestic politics. What we need to understand is why these evil ideologies exist and what are the hidden causes or basis for these warmonger talks. What is troublesome is, in the U.S. bipartisan political arena, the anti-China warmonger voice is rising. In the coming 2024 presidential election, both the Democratic and Republican parties were singing anti-China verses, from promoting allies to join the sanctions against China to secretly preparing for WWIII targeting China. 
 
Shouldn’t China be scared if the world superpower is mounting such an anti-China strategy? China’s economic rise was evident, but China had never initiated a war against any country nor prolonged any conflict into war in its republic history. China’s influence in the world came from its manufacturing power and trade policies, trading with every nation with free will and mutual benefits. No mutual defense treaty nor foreign military bases are associated with China’s trade policies. China intelligently used its large population to create a productive workforce and its giant market to attract foreign investments and technologies. If there is a sin in China’s rise, it is its desire to be independent, reach a better living standard for all its citizens, and not be subject to foreign control, thus China strives to be self-sufficient in agriculture, industrial manufacturing, and self-defense. The more pressure applied to China, the more defense and resistance occur, be it in its energy, food, and material supplies or military threat. The U.S. as the superpower of the world is losing its world influence because of China’s rise, it is simply because the entire world is rising and demanding real independence. The U.S. spends so much money in NATO supposedly for Europe security not for controlling Europe, but the effect is clear. NATO is led not gaining peace for Europe but wars. Why is this happening?
 
To find the root cause for the U.S. decline and right-wing warmonger talks, perhaps the above videos and comments can shed some light. No matter what politically correct language is taught in schools, the U.S. never solved its discrimination problem. Carlson and the like prefer to ally Russia against China is deeply rooted in racial discrimination. The invisible deep state (two main elements, Wall Street and the military-industrial complex) controlling the U.S. government, its economy, and foreign policies is building on such discrimination and its self-interest, that is maintaining a superior military power and deriving profit from it by selling weapons, providing umbrellas and even to the extent creating wars. That is why both Biden and Trump are competing on who is tougher on China and no matter how old they are, the deep state has no interest in finding a younger leader. However, with Russia and China recognizing the U.S. ploy and moving to strategic partners, the U.S. feels uncertain about its legacy strategy, if destroying Russia then China is not feasible, then destroying them both together is impossible.  Would allying Russia against China be possible? No, Putin and Xi both see through such a plot. The sensible strategy for the U.S. is to revise the deep state approach, adopt a collaborative foreign policy, and fix its dependency on the military-industrial complex and the Wall Street economy.