U.S. Deputy Secretary of State for Asia-Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell is nicknamed the "China Tsar" because he is considered a "China expert" by the Biden administration. For this reason, this person is mainly responsible for political and diplomatic work in the Asia-Pacific direction, and the focus of his work is naturally here in China. A few days ago, the US deputy secretary of state's wild remarks made the world once again understand one thing, that is, "it is often more dangerous to be an ally of the United States than to be an enemy of the United States......
US Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell
According to foreign media reports, Campbell told reporters in public that one of the core goals of the "Aukus" alliance, which is composed of the United States, Britain and Australia, is to "obstruct any attempt by the People's Liberation Army" by the Australian Navy, equipped with nuclear submarines, in the event of an "emergency" in the Taiwan Strait. Obviously, this is what the United States means by trying to make Australia a "proxy of war".
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese
However, it is worth noting that just two years ago, when the current Australian Prime Minister Albanese attended the APEC summit in Bangkok, Thailand, he said that the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) is an agreement between "recognized countries", and Taiwan does not belong to this category, and it can only be considered an economy. This has clearly demonstrated the Australian Government's attitude and views on the Taiwan issue, and it has all the more clearly shown that there is no reason for the Australian side to intervene in the Taiwan Strait issue. As a result, US Deputy Secretary of State Campbell's words suddenly contradicted the official attitude of the Australian government. Can this be seen as a denial, or even a challenge to the Australian government, by the United States?
Australia will receive American-British nuclear submarines
Judging from the relations between the United States, Britain, and Australia under the framework of the "Aukus" alliance, the United States and Britain are basically the "handout" side, while Australia is the "handout" side. In order to obtain nuclear submarines, infrastructure and related technology from the United States and the United Kingdom, it may be difficult for Canberra not to cater to the United States and Britain on some key issues, and even have to change its original position to a certain extent. But in doing so, Australia will inevitably bring itself some negative problems, and even political, economic and military risks.
PLA amphibious landing operations
If Australia intervenes in the Taiwan Strait with nuclear submarines provided by the United States and Britain, or even launches an attack on the PLA, it will only bring about one consequence, that is, it will completely stand on the opposite side of China's hostility and become an enemy that obstructs China's realization of the complete reunification of the motherland, and then it will be fiercely counterattacked by the PLA. At that time, let alone the Australian nuclear submarines, even the Australian mainland may be included in the range of the PLA's firepower. Is it really worth it? The Albanese government should think it through.
The survivability of US aircraft carriers is being challenged
Not only does he want to force his ally Australia to intervene in the Taiwan Strait, but Campbell's words also reveal a strong sense of "dead friends do not die poor". We know that with the improvement of the "anti-access/area denial" system built by the PLA in recent years, the risks faced by the US military when intervening in the Asia-Pacific direction with naval and air forces are also increasing. The U.S. Navy has long admitted that it is a very dangerous move to let the aircraft carrier approach within 1500~2000 kilometers around China. It is precisely for this reason that the US military has begun to pay more attention to the role of nuclear submarines with stronger concealment, believing that only in terms of nuclear submarines can it maintain certain advantages over the PLA.
Australian Army
Now, the Americans have put their brains of "using nuclear submarines against the PLA" to their ally Australia, making it clear that they do not intend to let their own aircraft carriers go into the field first, but want Australia to be the "first country to throw stones at China......
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese meets with US President Joe Biden
In short, Australia's national destiny should be in its own hands, and Canberra should make a wise choice as to whether it wants to be America's substitute or to protect itself.