In movies about the grievances of the rivers and lakes, there are often scenes where the younger brother goes to the soup for the eldest brother, but is tragically stabbed in the back by the eldest brother, and Japan and India are experiencing such an encounter in the past few days.
The cause of the incident has to start with President Biden, who "speaks faster than his brain".
A few days ago, Biden spoke at a campaign rally in Washington. He began by boasting about the current state of the American economy, and then turned to China, Japan, Russia, and India, claiming that these countries "have economic troubles and stagnate because they are xenophobic and do not want immigrants, and immigration makes America strong."
At this time, the four countries of China, Russia, Japan and India have been labeled as "xenophobia" by Biden. It is only natural that China and Russia will be named by name, and it is not surprising that the United States uses various reasons to proclaim its "superiority."
On the contrary, Japan and India were publicly named and criticized by Biden, which made many netizens wonder, aren't you better allies than Jin Jian? What's the matter, do you have to step on your allies to brag about yourself?
Knowing that Biden said something surprising again, the White House was also in a hurry to "make up for it".
On May 2, White House press secretary Pierre came out to explain that Biden's view was a "broad commentary" that was mainly to emphasize that the United States "is a nation of immigrants, which is also engraved in our DNA."
White House national security spokesman Kirby also explained that Biden is not trying to insult other countries, and stressed that Japanese and Indian officials are undoubtedly aware that Biden has no ill intentions.
However, this blunt explanation has not been understood by Japanese and Indian netizens.
Japan, in particular, has always regarded itself as a hardcore ally of the United States, and has long followed the U.S. strategy, including actively dealing with China and Russia.
In April this year, Fumio Kishida reached the highlight of his political career, giving public speeches in both houses of the US Congress, which was ceremoniously welcomed by the United States. However, after only half a month of happiness, Biden publicly equated Japan with China and Russia, which simply shattered Fumio Kishida's glass heart.
Japanese netizens even refuted Biden on social media.
"The failure of the United States in immigration policy and its criticism of Japan as xenophobia is not convincing, and Biden's lenient policy towards immigrants has led to a surge in illegal immigration. ”
Another netizen said, "I want to ask President Biden, after participating in the invasion and occupation of Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya and other countries, how many large numbers of refugees have been received, and the United Kingdom has just passed a bill in Parliament to repatriate domestic refugees to Africa, why is Japan criticized here." ”
Seeing that the public sentiment was becoming more and more dissatisfied, the Japanese government had no choice but to let the embassy in the United States issue a statement to calm public opinion.
On May 3, the Japanese government said that it had lodged a protest with the U.S. government over Biden's claim that Japan is a "xenophobic" country, but the Japanese side also stressed that the turmoil will not affect future Japan-US cooperation, and that the Japanese side "knows" that Biden's remarks are not intended to weaken the importance and durability of Japan-US relations, and will continue to cooperate with the United States to further strengthen bilateral relations.
It is not difficult to see that in this statement, apart from expressing regret and pointing out that Biden did not fully understand Japan's policy, there was not a single word of protest or condemnation.
Even if the United States does not care about the face of Japan, an ally in the Asia-Pacific region, Fumio Kishida does not dare to "bare his teeth", and can only choose to "swallow his anger" and express his understanding of Biden's "gaffe".
After all, it has long been an open secret that Japan has been vassalizing the United States and being swayed by the United States all year round, and I have to say that the current Japan is really too humble in front of the United States.
On the other hand, Indians, who are known for their superior self-esteem, are not so easy to deal with, and India's official and non-governmental organizations have launched a verbal and written attack on US foreign policy.
The well-known Indian anchor Sharma directly called on the White House to "control the mouth of its president" in the program.
On May 4, Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar directly and publicly criticized Biden's "xenophobia" remarks, retorting that Indian society is historically a "very open" country, and different groups of people from different societies will come to India, and most importantly, India's economy is not shaky, with a growth rate of as high as 7%, which is better than most of your countries! Why should you blame India?
Incidentally, Jaishankar also spoke about the pro-Palestinian protests taking place on US university campuses, criticizing some Western media reports as "very ideological" and not "objective". And these Western media outlets have made no secret of their "political preferences" in India's domestic affairs, but the protests at American universities have shown that there is a difference between what Westerners preach and practice, which is instructive.
The implication is that you can't understand your own domestic affairs, so don't point fingers and talk about others. Compared with Japan, it is still a tough point.
So is this so-called Criticism Day and India really Biden's "momentary mouth"?
Not necessarily!
In fact, the fundamental purpose of Biden's statement is to attract the support of voters.
As the U.S. presidential election in November approaches, Trump and Biden, who are Republican and Democratic candidates, are engaged in a fierce election campaign.
According to the US media, the issue of immigration has become an explosive issue in this year's presidential campaign. Biden and Trump have had a number of exchanges over immigration, and Biden has always denounced Trump and Republicans as having "anti-immigrant" tendencies.
The election show is mainly aimed at Asian American voters, and Biden's promotion of the contribution of immigrants to the American economy is to promote the Democrats' open immigration policy and attack Trump's move to build a border wall in the last term.
It's just that the Americans, who are arrogant in their bones, while touting themselves, accidentally said the words hidden in their hearts - don't look at us as allies, in fact, I don't look down on you two in my heart.
The United States has many allies, but the degree of attention is also divided into three, six, nine and so on, although this makes Japan and India very heartbroken, but it is an indisputable fact.
In America's so-called circle of allies, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Israel are firmly in the first class.
Although the United States is a country of immigrants from all over the world, the Protestant white community has always had considerable political, economic, and social influence in the history of the United States. This group began to dominate during the colonial period of the United States and played an important role in the development of the United States. At the same time, Jewish groups also dominate the cultural, economic, political, and social participation of the United States, and there are even claims that Jews have taken the helm of the United States.
So the United States and these countries not only resonate culturally, but also align with each other in terms of interests.
European NATO members such as France, Germany, Italy, and Poland are in the second tier of the circle of US allies. These countries have close cooperation with the United States in the military and security fields, and this cooperative relationship is an important part of the United States' global strategy and helps to ensure the security interests of the United States in the European region.
However, these European NATO members may be slightly less important in the circle of U.S. allies than their first-tier allies, mainly because these countries may not be as politically, economically, culturally and politically connected to the United States as they are in terms of their first-tier allies.
For the United States, Japan and South Korea are allies at best, and "little brothers" at worst. The attitude of the United States toward Japan and the ROK is basically that they come and go as soon as they are called, and on issues involving interests, Japan and the ROK are the targets that they can use at any time to trap.
In addition, there are supernumerary members of the circle of US allies, such as Ukraine and India.
In the eyes of the United States, Ukraine is just a pawn used to weaken Russia, while India is the object of the United States' efforts to achieve its Asia-Pacific strategy.
The United States is very clear about which is more important!
You think Biden is confused, but in fact, this is a true outpouring of feelings, but this wave of operations has obviously made Japan and India lose face.
Don't look at the fact that the United States usually screams at one brother after another, and all kinds of ecstasy decoction is poured into it, it is really a crucial time to touch on its interests, and you good allies can have a long snack! This time it is light to say that you are "xenophobic," and if you insist on picking up the butcher's knife of sanctions next time, it is estimated that these allies will only be beaten.