Former presidential candidate, founder of the U.S. Labor Party and co-founder of the Schiller Institute in Germany, Lyndon LaRouche talks with Alex on the Thursday, March 22 edition of the Alex Jones Show. Mr. LaRouche talks about Obama's martial law executive order and other recent political
While high-ranking U.S. military leaders, together with Russian and Chinese leaders, have engaged in increasingly active war-avoidance measures, the London-based financial oligarchy re-mains committed to global conflict, and is counting on President Obama to deliver.
Indeed, when Obama was in Seoul, South Korea, for the Nuclear Security Summit on March 26-27, the U.S. Defense Department announced plans to erect a missile defense system in the Asia-Pacific region and the Mideast in addition to the anti-missile defense system (AMD) to be installed in Europe, near Russian borders. In response to the U.S. provocation, a major strategic shift in military plans is underway both in Moscow and Beijing.
In an unsigned editorial on March 29, China’s Global Times warned of the consequences -- including possible thermonuclear war – saying the U.S. plans “will no doubt create disturbance and tension in the region, as it has in Europe. Japan, South Korea and Australia, which are invited to join the system, must seriously ponder the consequences. North Korea and Iran are named by Washington as the targets of the missile defense system, though it is clear the real targets are China and Russia [our
emphasis].
“China should firmly oppose it... and assess what long-term damage this system will impose on China’s strategic security.” Although China may not be able to stop the installation, the editorial of the Communist Party daily writes, it can counter-balance the impact. “China can copy it and upgrade its nuclear weapon capability due to the possible threats posed by the US system. Specifically, China can improve its nuclear weapons in both quantity and quality as well as develop offensive nuclear-powered submarines. China’s ballistic missiles should be able to break the interception capability of the US system.”
The editorial goes on to strongly suggest that the government may be obliged to abandon its “no first use” policy. “If Japan, South Korea and Australia join the system, a vicious arms race in Asia may follow. It is not what China wants to see, but it will have to deal with it if the arms race happens. The US is creating waves in Asia. The region may see more conflicts intensify in the future. China should make utmost efforts to prevent it, but prepare for the worst.”
Russian leaders have also warned in the starkest terms of the drive for war targetting in fact Russia and China, and have decided to reinforce the country’s ability to respond. Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov announced, after a March 22 meeting with President-elect Putin, ambitious plans to develop and deploy a wide range of weapons systems based on “new Physical principles,” including directed-energy beams (cf. SAS 13/12).Further adding to tensions in the region, when the North Korean government announced its long-awaited plan to launch a satellite into orbit on a North Korean-made rocket, the US suspended all food aid to the starving country, and is threatening to deploy AMD systems and retaliatory strike capabilities. The March 30 Global Times editorialized that President Obama’s plans to enhance the anti-missile program is actually targetting China, but using the North Korean crisis as a cover.
Meanwhile, from following the media in Europe, one would hardly know of the acute war danger in the world. In the French Presidential campaign, with the exception of Jacques Cheminade, the major candidates don’t even mention it, or only to push the regime change policy. One exception is German Defense Minister Thomas de Maizière. He told the Bild Zeitung (March 27) that, during his meeting with his Israeli counterpart Ehud Barak, he warned of the “incalculable consequences” of any Israel strike on Iran. But he came out of the meeting “more worried than confident.”
E.I.R. - STRATEGIC ALERT
WEEKLY NEWSLETTER Volume 26, No. 14-15 - April 5, 2012
Source - www.eir.de
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