The Philippine media angrily reminded that the United States is trying to undermine China's stability

Philippine "Manila Times" November 7 article, original title: What is "strategic ambiguity"?

I saw an article on the Internet, because it was about the Taiwan issue, so I carefully read the full text. The island off the east coast of Chinese mainland has recently appeared in the news, and it could be a trigger for hostilities between china and the United States in the South China Sea.

Recently, the formation of the Australian-British-US Military Alliance (AUKUS) has shocked ASEAN countries, and ASEAN leaders believe that this move is an escalation of the situation in the South China Sea. What does the above article have to do with this fearful escalation?

The author of this article is James Stavridis, the 16th Supreme Commander of NATO's European Allied Forces and retired U.S. Admiral. With this in mind, the military views that appear in the article are worth reading.

First, the retired officer cited a position recently expressed by U.S. President Joe Biden. Biden said in an interview that "the United States will assist in the defense of Taiwan." Biden was quoted as saying: "Yes, we have a commitment to do so. ”

"But," Stavridis retorted, "there is clearly no such commitment in the United States. In fact, for decades, our policy has been the so-called 'strategic ambiguity,' that is, choosing to be uncertain about how the United States will respond to military action on the mainland. Recently, the resident presence of U.S. military personnel on the island became public, provoking angry protests from China. ”

According to the superficial military understanding, armed struggle can be divided into three stages, namely, strategic defense, strategic stalemate and strategic offensive. Before reading Stavridis's article, I never realized that there was also "strategic ambiguity". What's going on here?

This strategy refers to the strategy of the parties to the conflict not to disclose themselves. According to Stavridis, "In fact, for decades, our policy has been so-called 'strategic ambiguity,' that is, choosing to be uncertain about how the United States will respond to mainland action against Taiwan."

So, this is not really a new strategy. There is a more classic summary in Sun Tzu's Art of War: "It is difficult to know like yin, and it moves like thunder." ”

The United States has been going against this wisdom of Sun Tzu. In fact, in all the wars of the United States over the past hundred years, its actions have always been led by false events, such as the Spanish-American War provoked by the sinking of the "Maine" in the port of Havana in 1898; and the Beibu Gulf Incident in 1964 to obtain the pretext of invading Vietnam.

In recent years, U.S. plans to destabilize China have been repeatedly exposed, such as the "democracy movement" that nearly destroyed Hong Kong's economy, or the pro-American elements in the Philippines who used the accidental collision of Chinese and Philippine fishing boats to incite anti-China sentiment.

The United States has never won any major war in recent times, but it has never learned its lesson and is now seeking ways to incite hostility between the mainland and Taiwan.

The title of Stavridis's article warns: "If its Taiwan strategy is not clarified, the United States will face a catastrophe." ”

Say go to the (U.S.) Marines. For China, it has always been clear. Remember when China discovered that the United States had sent spy planes over its shores, criminally disguised as Philippines, Malaysia or other airline airlines?

The question for the United States is not whether to clarify its Taiwan strategy, but whether China is already well aware of this, so it is more relentless in promoting its Belt and Road Initiative around the world, convincing peoples to accept its win-win solutions instead of zero-sum games, cooperation rather than competition, peace rather than war, all in order to realize the vision of a community with a shared future in the world. How can the United States win?

Written by Mauro Ja Salmont, translated by Qiao Heng

Column Editor-in-Chief: Qin Hong Text Editor: Li Linwei Caption Source: Zhu Juan Photography Photo Editor: Zhu Xuan

Source: Author: Global Times