According to recent reports from US media, Pelosi's visit to Taiwan caused Sino-US relations to fall to a new low. The subsequent military countermeasures taken by mainland China "posted" to the edge of Taiwan, while US military aircraft continued to enter the Taiwan Strait to "demonstrate" and the two sides were tense. Various think tank groups in the United States have also "promised ideas", and naturally, the US national think tank Rand Company is indispensable. The company's experts have formulated a report on "Fighting Plan against China" for the US government for the Taiwan Strait.
This report is titled "Strategic Analysis Should Be Taken when the U.S. Armed Forces Are Involved in Conflicts in the Taiwan Strait." The report attempts to directly carry out a strong military strike against China like Yugoslavia and Iraqi to reshape the geopolitical landscape in the Asia-Pacific region. The report recommends that once you make up your mind to go to war with China, you will immediately launch a large-scale strike to destroy China's industrial foundation. The report also cites the example of Pacific War that year. The US military destroyed almost all large and medium-sized cities in Japan through large-scale bombings from 1944 to 1945.
As a result, Japan's industrial production capacity dropped sharply, and in the end, Japan surrendered without landing in Japan. This report hopes to "take action in accordance with the law" and proposes a strategy of attacking and restraining strikes between the north and the south. The Northern strike is called the "Northern Noose" scheme. First, at least 1,500 aircraft were assembled in Japan and South Korea, and then violently bombarded China's strategic goals, focusing on the main crude oil bases located in Northeast China and North China, completely destroying China's crude oil production. This is to use China's own huge crude oil demand to force China into trouble, which is what the so-called "noose" means.
South strikes focus on attacking China's cross-sea troops. In addition, important bridges and tunnels on the mainland must be destroyed to prevent migrants from returning to their hometowns in coastal areas. Because the "scholars" of Rand believe that these "ten millions of refugees" who have lost their means of making a living may become an uncontrollable force of civil strife, which will have an immeasurable impact on the battle situation. In explaining the increasingly tense relationship between the United States and China, some scholars point out that the balance of power is undergoing structural changes. Graham Allison once talked about " Thucydides Trap ".
That is, when a rising country challenges an existing power, it often leads to a war for hegemony. However, the focus on capabilities alone is difficult to explain the twists and turns in the U.S.-China relationship, which is also driven by changes in perceptions of threats, opportunities and purposes. Even if both sides can avoid the crisis, continuing the current route will deepen geopolitical differences and hinder cooperation on global issues. Conservative think tanks such as Rand Company have been promoting how to launch a full-scale war all day long, which is simply inhumane evil. Text/PY
