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Re: Diplomatic decolonization
By: 90sRetroFan Date: July 4, 2021, 5:46 am
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I like this move:
HTML https://www.yahoo.com/news/china-big-plan-post-u-091239086.html
[quote]China is poised to make an exclusive entry into post-U.S.
Afghanistan with its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Speaking on
condition of anonymity, a source close to government officials
in Afghanistan told The Daily Beast that Kabul authorities are
growing more intensively engaged with China on an extension of
the $62 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)—the
flagship project of BRI, which involves the construction of
highways, railways and energy pipelines between Pakistan and
China—to Afghanistan.
...
According to the source, a senior officer in Afghanistan’s
foreign service had told him that Chinese officials had engaged
with foreign minister Salahuddin Rabbani about five years ago,
to discuss the extension of CPEC and BRI. The minister was
interested—that is, until an Indian ambassador went on the
offensive to push back on the deal. The Indian ambassador to
Afghanistan even approached the U.S. ambassador in Kabul to
express his concerns, the source said. Ultimately, the American
ambassador allegedly pressured Rabbani into backing away from
further talks on CPEC with the Chinese.
...
“The Taliban certainly offers a more unified partner to Chinese.
But other regional countries have been trying to bring together
warlords to think of resistance rather than of peace with the
Taliban,” the source revealed to The Daily Beast.
...
As China’s strategic partner, Pakistan could prove a trump card
for China in the Afghan endgame.
“I think China could achieve more success than the U.S. in
Afghanistan given its close ties with and enormous leverage over
Pakistan,” Sudha Ramachandran, an India-based analyst on South
Asian political and security issues, told The Daily Beast.
“China wants to ensure that instability in Afghanistan does not
impact BRI adversely, and it wants to push Afghanistan to join
CPEC or BRI.”
Still, China’s ability, Kugelman explained, to deepen its
footprint in Afghanistan will “depend in great part on whether
it reaches an understanding with the Taliban, which will see its
influence continue to grow whether it holds power or not. If the
Taliban is okay with China building out infrastructure and other
projects in Afghanistan, Beijing will be in a much better
place.”
“China could well bring the Taliban on board with BRI. The
insurgents have said they will support development projects if
they serve Afghan national interests,” he added.
What China actually needs to extend its Belt and Road program to
Afghanistan is, ultimately, peace. Beijing has gone so far as to
offer infrastructure and energy projects worth billions of
dollars to the Taliban in return for peace in Afghanistan.
“The Taliban isn’t the only challenge to overcome,” said
Kugelman. “There are many sources of violence, both anti- and
pro-state, in Afghanistan. So China will still face an extremely
insecure environment, even if it gets Taliban buy-in for its
projects.”
[/quote]
Older article:
HTML https://indianexpress.com/article/world/world-news/afghanistan-taliban-fidaye-mahaz-china-visit-2944921/
Also, the following point cannot be emphasized enough:
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan%E2%80%93China_relations#Military_cooperation
[quote]The Chinese People's Liberation Army trained and
supported the Afghan mujahideen during the Soviet-Afghan war.
The training camps were moved from Pakistan into China itself.
Anti-aircraft missiles, rocket launchers and machine guns,
valued at hundreds of millions, were given to the mujahideen by
the Chinese. Chinese military advisors and army troops were
present with the Mujahidin during training.[25][/quote]
Yes, China and America were fighting on the same side
(supporting Afghanistan) against Russia:
HTML https://trueleft.createaforum.com/issues/military-decolonization/msg6761/#msg6761
This is what we need to get back to ASAP.
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Re: Diplomatic decolonization
By: 90sRetroFan Date: July 13, 2021, 3:34 am
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Nice!
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZ-DfaE_WSE
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Re: Diplomatic decolonization
By: rp Date: July 17, 2021, 3:05 am
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HTML https://twitter.com/Anti_Parasitism/status/1413430584110723072?s=19
[Quote]
Yes, this is precisely my concern - unpreparedness against CBRN
(Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear) threats.
The IRI does not possess a sufficient amount of hardware to
inflict overwhelming defeat upon the enemies.
Operation Martyr Soleimani was underwhelming.
[/Quote]
I would add one more: T - for Technological - The IRI must also
be equipped to counter technological threats, chiefly those
posed by Artificial Intelligence, cybernetics, and cyber
warfare.
The solution is for the U.S. to provide Iran with these tools to
fight the common enemy.
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Re: Diplomatic decolonization
By: 90sRetroFan Date: July 28, 2021, 11:41 pm
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HTML https://www.yahoo.com/news/china-says-taliban-expected-play-071534731.html
[quote]KABUL (Reuters) -China told a visiting Taliban delegation
on Wednesday it expected the insurgent group to play an
important role in ending Afghanistan's war and rebuilding the
country, the Chinese foreign ministry said.
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The visit was likely to further cement the insurgent group's
recognition on the international stage at a sensitive time even
as violence increases in Afghanistan. The militants have a
political office in Qatar where peace talks are taking place and
this month sent representatives to Iran where they had meetings
with an Afghan government delegation.[/quote]
Good!
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvZ7jJT3cg4
Too bad the Chinese representatives looked like a bunch of
cowards in their Western suits. They need:
HTML https://trueleft.createaforum.com/issues/dress-decolonization/
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Re: Diplomatic decolonization
By: 90sRetroFan Date: August 20, 2021, 12:19 am
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China's rhetorical cowardliness on display again:
HTML https://www.yahoo.com/news/china-pushes-adoption-language-cultural-070855581.html
[quote]China's ruling Communist Party says it “peacefully
liberated" Tibetan peasants from an oppressive theocracy and
restored Chinese rule over a region under threat from outside
powers.[/quote]
Firstly, it doesn't matter whether or not the liberation was
peaceful. Either it is justified or it is not. If it is
justified, it remains justified no matter how much bloodshed it
required. If it is unjustified, it remains unjustified even if
it was peaceful. That China feels a need to emphasize the
"peaceful" attribute actually reveals its lack of confidence in
the justification of the liberation, when it should have no
reason to lack such confidence.
[quote]Wang, who is a member of the Politburo Standing Committee
— the apex of party power — and who oversees policy toward
ethnic minorities, said “separatist and sabotage activities
committed by the Dalai (Lama) group and hostile external forces
have been crushed.”[/quote]
This part is OK. But here is where the screwup happens:
[quote]Since 1951, Tibet has “embarked on a path from darkness
to brightness, from backwardness to progress, from poverty to
prosperity, from autocracy to democracy, and from closeness to
openness,” Wang said.[/quote]
Everyone knows China itself is an autocracy, not a democracy. So
why claim the opposite? Why use rhetoric that no one will
believe, yet which explicitly validates the notion that
democracy is superior? Does Wang not understand how bad this
makes China look? Does Wang not understand that each time he
praises democracy, he is in debasing all the historical ruling
dynasties of China while pedestalizing Western civilization? So
why do it?!
Contrast with the Taliban, who at least have the courage to
simply admit Afghanistan is not democratic:
HTML https://trueleft.createaforum.com/issues/legal-decolonization/msg8147/#msg8147
Who is more impressive? (And yes, we could have guessed the
answer just from the clothes.....)
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Re: Diplomatic decolonization
By: 90sRetroFan Date: August 25, 2021, 10:12 pm
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HTML https://www.yahoo.com/news/meet-africa-newest-friend-turkey-141049365.html
[quote]Perhaps the pertinent question is how Turkey might
smooth-talk African countries at a time when other investors
face pushback. In the Sahel region, where hundreds of French
companies run everything from mobile networks to mines, and
which hosts some 5,000 French troops, there have been protests
calling for France to withdraw. Citizens complain that their
sovereignty has been undermined and their mineral resources
exploited by the former colonial power.
...
Turkey has designated relations with Africa as a core pillar of
its foreign policy, and opened 30 new embassies between 2002 and
2019, while Turkish Airlines is a major carrier on Africa-Europe
routes. In 2008, the African Union designated Turkey as a
strategic partner.
...
Perhaps the most important reason for Africa’s romance with
Turkey, analysts say, is that the country doesn’t carry the
baggage of ex-colonial powers like France. Another is religion:
Almost all of the countries Turkey has wooed have significant
Muslim populations that are more receptive to a partnership with
an Islamic power.
Turkey’s relationship with Africa is not saddled with “a complex
or paternalistic spirit that most often characterizes the
partnership between African countries and Western or American
countries,” says Mr. Abdou.[/quote]
Keep up the good work! (And America should also be trying to
learn how to relate to other former colonized countries in an
anti-Western way, namely as a fellow formerly colonized country
itself.)
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Re: Afghanistan
By: guest55 Date: September 1, 2021, 1:35 pm
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China Says It's Ready to Work With Taliban
[quote]WASHINGTON - With the U.S. military drawdown in
Afghanistan, China says it is ready to move ahead in its
relations with the Taliban, but foreign policy experts say
Beijing remains apprehensive about what comes next and may not
devote a vast security and economic commitment to Afghanistan in
the near future.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke Monday with Chinese
State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi about developments
in Afghanistan. The State Department said the two discussed the
security situation and the two countries’ respective efforts to
bring their citizens to safety.
“China keeps in contact and communication with the Afghan
Taliban on the basis of fully respecting Afghanistan’s
sovereignty and the will of all parties in the country and has
been playing a constructive role in seeking a political solution
to the Afghan issue,” Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs’
spokeswoman Hua Chunying said Monday during a briefing.
Hua’s remarks were seen as the latest indication that China is
laying the groundwork to endorse the Taliban as Afghanistan’s
legitimate government.[/quote]
HTML https://www.voanews.com/east-asia-pacific/china-says-its-ready-work-taliban
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Re: Diplomatic decolonization
By: 90sRetroFan Date: September 10, 2021, 11:58 pm
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Good move!
HTML https://sputniknews.com/20210907/taliban-ready-to-have-relations-with-us-welcomes-participation-in-afghan-reconstruction-1088847179.html
[quote]Taliban Ready to Have Relations With US, Welcomes
Participation in Afghan Reconstruction
...
"Yes, of course, in a new chapter if America wants to have a
relation with us, which could be in the interest of both
countries and both peoples, and if they want to participate in
the reconstruction of Afghanistan, they are welcome", Shaheen
said.[/quote]
The ball is now solely in the US' court. Is the US prepared to
be American instead of Western and hence go back to being a
Taliban ally just like in the good old days?
HTML https://trueleft.createaforum.com/issues/military-decolonization/msg6761/#msg6761
HTML https://trueleft.createaforum.com/issues/military-decolonization/msg7334/#msg7334
HTML https://trueleft.createaforum.com/news/afghanistan/msg7390/#msg7390
In fact, it could be even better than the old days. The Taliban
hints at how:
[quote]"Of course, we won't have any relation with Israel. We
want to have relations with other countries, Israel is not among
these countries … We would like to have relations with all the
regional countries and neighbouring countries as well as Asian
countries", Shaheen added.[/quote]
If the US really wants to make amends, there could be no better
first gesture of sincerity than to end its own recognition of
Israel.
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Re: Diplomatic decolonization
By: guest55 Date: September 11, 2021, 11:34 am
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If I were a country I would also like relations with almost
every other country in the world EXCEPT FOR ISRAEL!!! The fact
that this sentiment is shared by so many across the globe speaks
volumes about Israel. The fact that many rightists are still
willing to defend Israel in the face of these facts speaks
volumes about rightists!!!
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Re: Diplomatic decolonization
By: 90sRetroFan Date: September 13, 2021, 2:20 am
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HTML https://news.yahoo.com/china-pakistan-offer-aid-taliban-225107114.html
[quote]As Western nations debate how best to provide
humanitarian aid to Afghanistan without enriching the Taliban,
China and Pakistan have already sent planeloads of supplies to
the country and are willing to send more, Reuters reports.
...
“China is our most important partner and represents a
fundamental and extraordinary opportunity for us,” Taliban
spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said recently, according to NBC
News. “It is ready to invest and rebuild our country.”
It is possible that Afghanistan will join the China-Pakistan
Economic Corridor (CPEC).
"The new administration in Kabul would also be receptive to
this and they are keen on it," Mushahid Hussain Sayed, a
Pakistani senator and former chairman of the China-Pakistan
Institute, told Reuters.
China's Belt and Road initiative also offers a pathway to
"economic viability," Reuters noted.[/quote]
Also:
HTML https://www.yahoo.com/news/chinas-fm-wang-visiting-cambodia-053946804.html
[quote]PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodian Prime Minister Hun
Sen said Sunday that China has agreed to provide the Southeast
Asian nation with grant aid of 1.75 billion yuan ($272 million),
announcing the assistance during a visit by Chinese Foreign
Minister Wang Yi.
...
Washington’s relations with Hun Sen’s government are frosty, as
Beijing’s support allows Cambodia to disregard Western concerns
about its poor record in human and political rights, and in turn
Cambodia generally supports Beijing’s geopolitical positions on
issues such as its territorial claims in the South China
Sea.[/quote]
All the US needs to do to immediately improve its relations with
Cambodia (as well as China, Pakistan and Afghanistan) is to
become less Western. Remember: what we have in common is that we
are all countries formerly colonized by the Western colonial
powers!
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