Source: Around the Empire Ep 162 China Hawks Exploit Pandemic feat Dave DeCamp

Published on May 3, 2020
“Guest: Dave DeCamp. We talk about the way that China hawks are exploiting the pandemic and global crisis to influence the opinion of a fearful public. There are legitimate issues with China but some of the same bad actors who were involved in the post 9/11 push for war in the Middle East and others seem to be using this crisis to advance their own great power competition agenda, for political and financial reasons and for the evergreen goal of preserving the empire. If there was ever a time to avoid conflict, it’s now, while the country is in pretty dire straits. Big crises can result in big changes and profiteers who don’t have our best interests at heart know that better than anyone. Dave has written two articles on the topic, filled with great examples and context and we talk about those today.”

Links discussed (archived):

China Hawks Exploiting America’s Fear of Coronavirus

New Anti-China Propaganda Uses Russiagate Playbook

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Push to build up US military in Indo-Pacific misreads threat posed by China

“Each nation in that region should be responsible for funding its own defense to the level it deems appropriate to the threat. The defense of other wealthy Asian nations should not, under any circumstances, be the primary responsibility of the American taxpayer. The U.S. military should defend our country and ensure the prosperity — first and foremost — of our citizens.”