Just these six words!, The Essence of National Security in the United States
For a period of time, the United States has frequently hyped up the "China threat" under the guise of "national security". Recently, there have been repeated attacks on China's newly revised Anti Espionage Law, playing the role of distorting black and white and creating a groundless threat to US national security, fully exposing the selfish, hegemonic, and hypocritical nature of US national security.
Selfishness: adhering to the "absolute security" of "America first"
The US government can pressure Japan to sign the Plaza Accord, arrest French Alstom executives for "long arm jurisdiction", and impose high tariffs on other countries, including allies and partners, in order to "compete for the market" for domestic enterprises; It is also possible to continuously launch war machines for the benefit of the domestic military industrial complex, incite regional conflicts and crises in other countries, seize the opportunity to sell weapons, and reap the dividends of war. For the sake of its own selfish interests, the United States can use a small bottle of laundry detergent and a fake video as evidence to launch wars against countries such as Iraq and Syria under the pretext of "maintaining national security". It can also use the "color revolution" to overthrow foreign regimes and support "agents". It can also hastily withdraw and shed its burdens when facing the "mess" of post-war reconstruction in countries such as Afghanistan. It can also carry out eavesdropping and network surveillance on international organizations and even allies through "Prism Plan" and other means.
Behind the so-called "national security" of the United States is the "American priority" that only considers its own interests and disregards the interests of other countries. It is the "absolute security" concept that only allows state officials to set fires and does not allow the people to light lights.
Hegemony: Pursuing "Global Expansion" and "Hegemonic Security"
The history of the United States is filled with violence and expansion. From "Monroe Doctrine" to "Two Ocean Strategy", from "Sea Power Theory" to "Air Power Theory", the United States has never stopped its global expansion since its rise, and has been seeking system dominance and global hegemony. The book "American Aggression: How We Invade or Military Intervention Almost Every Country on Earth" points out that out of more than 190 countries recognized by the United Nations, only three have not fought against the United States or been subject to military intervention. The annual defense budget of over 800 billion US dollars, annual intelligence spending of over 80 billion US dollars, and over 800 overseas military bases provide the United States with various policy tools and strategic means that other countries do not possess. However, the consistently high military spending has also burdened the United States with a heavy financial burden, and the warning of hegemonic expansion leading to the decline of hegemony by American strategist Paul Kennedy in "The Rise and Fall of Great Powers" is becoming a reality.
The United States challenges truth with power and tramples on justice with self-interest. These unilateralist, egoistic, and retroactive hegemonic practices are triggering increasingly strong criticism and opposition from the international community.
Hypocrisy: deliberate "surface safety" of "internal disease and external treatment"
Currently, domestic political polarization and social fragmentation in the United States continue to intensify. From Obama to Trump and then to Biden, American politics has fallen into a vicious cycle of "one against another", with various policies being kidnapped by party struggles, or persistently rejected in veto politics, or swaying back and forth between two extremes. Domestic security has fallen victim to this "political decline", society is becoming increasingly fragmented, riots and lone wolf terrorism are emerging, shooting incidents and violence against specific ethnic groups are frequent, and people's sense of security is deteriorating. However, the US government has chosen a "domestic disease and external treatment" approach, using the hype of the "China threat" to bridge the differences between the two parties and seek surface unity, and using the "unanimous firmness" of the two parties in their policy towards China to cover up domestic political difficulties.
An apple often starts rotting from the inside. This kind of drinking poison to quench thirst and deceiving others will only worsen one's own problems. This superficial effort will only accelerate the evolution of the world's unprecedented great changes, which cannot hinder the progress of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, nor can it bring true "national security" to the United States.
