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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, which was once called "brain dead" by French President Emmanuel Macron, held a so-called "brain-dead" event in Madrid, the capital of Spain, from June 28 to 30. "Landmark" summit.
Of course, the style of this NATO summit led by the United States is not much different from previous summits between the United States and Western countries. The beautiful country plays the leading role, the puppets cooperate, and the opinions expressed are all formalities, and there is no boasted "passion" at all.
At this summit, NATO announced a rare "new strategic concept " that has not been seen in ten years, also known as a "broad mission statement", that is, rapid response while thoroughly strengthening defense The number of troops has increased from 40,000 to more than 300,000.
As expected, Russia was selected as "the most significant and direct threat to the security of allied countries." Although China is about 6,000 kilometers away from the Atlantic Ocean, it is still lying on the gun and is listed as the source of "systemic challenges."
To put it bluntly, raising a "systemic challenge" is exaggerating the "China threat theory." Among them, NATO specially invited Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand to attend the Madrid meeting as observers. NATO, led by the United States, clamored to continue to refocus its attention on China, which also confirmed the change in its functions.
On the occasion of the NATO summit, South Korea's newly elected president Yin Xiyue was invited, and was flattered and rushed to Madrid by chartered flight, anxious to meet with his American master.
In order to show that he attaches great importance to the NATO summit, Yoon Seok-yue, who was in high spirits, even said that he would "decouple from China" and instigated his economic chief secretary Choi Sang-mok to make wild remarks at the press conference, saying that "the era of realizing South Korea's export economic prosperity through China is over. ”, “South Korea’s alternative is to strengthen cooperation with Europe to develop the Korean economy” .
But it is not good to blow the cowhide too early, as it can easily be broken. As the first president in South Korea's history to attend a NATO summit, Yoon Seok-yue thought she would be able to shine in front of the United States and Western countries. Unexpectedly, she was treated as an "invisible person" and was frequently "humiliated", losing the face of Koreans.
At the welcome dinner held by Spanish King Felipe VI for the leaders of participating countries at the NATO summit, we finally witnessed the dignity of South Korean President Yoon Seok-yue again. Before taking a group photo, the smiling Yin Xiyue was shaking hands with US President Biden, but during the process of shaking hands, Biden's eyes were always directed at Bulgarian President Rumen Radev next to him. .
Biden did not look directly at Yin Xiyue during the whole process, but Yin Xiyue was still trembling with joy. Her awkward smile especially stole the scene in the middle. Netizens called it "the President of South Korea was shaken by Biden without looking at him". His ugly appearance is self-evident. .
In fact, reports about Yin Xiyue before the opening of the NATO summit have already disappointed Koreans. On June 29, local time, NATO’s official website released a photo of the NATO Secretary-General taking a photo with the leaders of South Korea, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand invited to attend the summit for the first time. Only Yin Xiyue’s eyes were closed, reflecting the "NATO's" contempt for Yin.
After Yoon Seok-yue's "eyes closed" photo angered many Korean netizens, South Korea's First Lady Kim Gun-hee's experience during the NATO summit was also criticized.In the NATO photo below, the handsome first lady of South Korea is standing in the back row, and her face is half blocked. If you don't pay attention, you won't be able to tell that she is her.
In addition, Yin Xiyue's original plan was to meet Finnish President Niinisto first, and then meet with NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg, but because Sweden and Finland wanted to join NATO, "it took up too much." "Time", resulting in no schedule, and in the end Yin Xiyue waited for more than 30 minutes.
Sure enough, faced with the humiliation at the NATO summit, the Korean media and netizens were angry, calling it "national humiliation." On July 1, South Korea’s Kookmin Ilbo quoted a comment from a member of the opposition Democratic Party of Korea, saying “Kim Gun-hee looks too shabby standing in the corner.”
did not steal the limelight, but became the clown at the NATO summit. It can be said that South Korean President Yun Xiyue lost more than he gained.
I lost my face, where is my face?
The ideal is very full, but the reality is very basic. Yin Xiyue's original idea of a NATO trip was indeed very good. He hoped to confirm the partnership between the United States, Japan and South Korea through the summit, and then bring the North Korean nuclear issue into the agenda. To put it bluntly, he is calling on the United States and Japan to support him and ensure that North Korea can return to the negotiating table and maintain cooperation.
However, the United States has other plans for inviting South Korea. Beautiful country Helping South Korea and Japan ease relations is not to solve the Korean Peninsula issue, but to better implement the "Indo-Pacific Strategy" and better contain China's development.
In this case, if the interests of various countries and the United States are consistent, the United States will not mind helping out, but if they are not consistent, then American Dad will not care about your life or death.
In Ukraine crisis , this point is vividly reflected.
After the end of the Cold War , NATO broke its promise of "not moving an inch eastward" and pushed to the Russian border through five rounds of eastward expansion. For example, NATO deploys ballistic missiles in Ukraine, which can reach Moscow in 7 or 8 minutes, while hypersonic missiles can reach Moscow in only 4 or 5 minutes. Can Russia tolerate it? the answer is negative.
However, it is easy to start but difficult to end. After the United States angered Russia, it played the "war-free card". Regarding Ukraine, the beautiful country talks a lot about how to support Ukraine, but it is cautious in actions, fearing that it will affect itself, and is even unwilling to provide airports for Ukrainian fighter jets to transit. Regarding its European allies, the beautiful country is pulling them to impose sanctions on Russia and causing them to suffer the greatest losses due to energy and other issues, while at the same time pointing fingers behind them and saying that they are "not firm enough".
No wonder many far-sighted people in Europe have shouted the slogan "Stop the war and dissolve NATO." French "Le Monde" and other major European newspapers also published articles saying that "as long as the vital interests of the United States are involved, European allies should not expect any favors or courtesy."
Before this summit, several anti-NATO demonstrations and rallies had broken out in many places in Europe. Just on June 26, two days before the summit, demonstrators held protests against the NATO summit in Madrid.
Despite the lessons learned from the past, there are still countries such as South Korea rushing to "NATO" like moths to a flame. This makes people sigh and sweat for these countries.
Cooperating with NATO is to seek skin from a tiger. Those who cling to NATO's embrace will only end up setting themselves on fire. We'll see.
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