The United States has unusually taken the initiative to "flatter Japan", but it has hardened China.
The United States, which is accustomed to being on top of the world, suddenly begins to elevate other countries, which is obviously not a good thing. Recently, the United States has suddenly vigorously advocated the upgrading of the "US-Japan alliance" and assumed a posture of "sitting on an equal footing" with Japan.
According to Japanese media reports, U.S. Ambassador to Japan Emmanuel recently made inappropriate remarks again. At the Yomiuri International Economic Forum in Tokyo, he openly claimed that the U.S.-Japan alliance had moved from the "era of allied protection" to the so-called "era of projection to the Indo-Pacific alliance." In addition, Emmanuel has forcibly and groundlessly accused China of "breaking the rules" on the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea.
The U.S. ambassador to Japan's remarks hinted at the escalation of the U.S.-Japan alliance from an East Asian regional alliance to a broader Indo-Pacific alliance, with the intention of allowing Japan to play a more front-line role in containing China.
It is worth mentioning that Emanuel vigorously advocated the U.S.-Japan alliance, but also expressed "praise" for Japan's idea of considering increasing defense costs to 2% of GDP, on the grounds that he believes that Japan's so-called "counterattack capability" is essential to improve deterrence.
This shows that the United States encourages Japan to continue to develop its military strength, hinting to Japan that the United States will further "loosen the shackles" in terms of supervision of Japan's military power, and sending a rather wrong signal to Japan.
At present, Japan not only plans to equip more than 1,000 cruise missiles capable of reaching China's coastal areas, but also blatantly develop hypersonic weapons and giant warships, which have seriously violated the "Peace Constitution" stipulation that Japan cannot possess "offensive weapons", and the United States has not stopped it, and even supported Japan as a more important ally on the grounds of the "US-Japan Security Treaty".
The United States has vigorously supported Japan's military power, in large part because the United States has been unable to balance China with its own military strength. Therefore, the United States can only let Japan, South Korea, and Australia strengthen their armaments and introduce more forces into Asia. On the one hand, it can reduce its current pressure and save costs; On the one hand, to avoid direct conflict with China and entrust the task of "cannon fodder" on the front line to allies, they can retreat to the second island chain and strengthen the defense of strategic places such as Guam. It can be said that it not only saves costs, but also strengthens the depth.
Emanuel's "pursuit" of Japan is actually to make Japan and other allies more proactive in taking on tasks, and not always rely on the "protection" of the United States. So, when the United States praises you, you have to think hard about whether you are going to be used again.
There are two and three, and Japan's culture determines that Japan cannot be satisfied with its current strength, and the future does not rule out Japan's development of more deterrent weapons such as nuclear submarines and ballistic missiles. The entire Indo-Pacific region will not be more stable, but more dangerous.
As for the United States, the White House still thinks that it can control Japan, but throughout the history of the United States after the war, the Taliban, ISIS, al-Qaida and other terrorist organizations, which one was not supported by the United States at the beginning, and which one was not a disaster after the United States lost control of these organizations? But in order to achieve hegemony, the United States does not mind repeating the mistakes of the past.
