U.S. military Pacific priorities revealed for sale of nuclear submarines to AUKUS and Australia
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This week (September 12-18) may be remembered by future people as the week that surfaced the collapse of US foreign policy.
The September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks by terrorists killed more than 3,700 people, surpassing the attack on Pearl Harbor by the Imperial Japanese Navy. In the week following the 20th anniversary memorial service, problems that could not occur for the United States, which held world hegemony, surfaced one after another.
First, let’s list what happened in chronological order.
(1) On September 14, US Army Chiefs of Staff Millie called the Chinese military top in October 2020 and January 2021, stating that the United States has no intention of attacking China. It turned out that it was published in the book published on September 21st. The top of the army had informed that he would not attack the potential enemy.
(2) On the following day, the 15th, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) invited Mr. Kurt Campbell, the coordinator of the Indo-Pacific affairs at the National Security Council of the Biden administration, and on September 16th, a partnership between the United States and Australia. Announced that it will hold a conference on the future of. However, an unprecedented situation for a US think tank in Washington, which canceled in just one hour, happened.
(3) On the same 15th, the United States, Britain and Australia announced that they would establish a framework for security cooperation (AUKUS) by the three countries, and as the first step, the United States and Britain would support Australia to own a nuclear submarine. Substantial Australian purchase of a nuclear submarine from the United States. As a result, Australia abandoned the introduction of diesel-type submarines from France, which it had contracted in 2016.
(4) On the 16th, China applied for membership in the TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership), as it saw through the turmoil in US diplomacy and security. It’s a story, so I’ll give that explanation next time).
(5) On the 17th, France announced that it would summon an ambassador from the United States and Australia, saying that the sale of the submarine was abandoned without prior consultation from the United States and Australia. At a joint press conference with Secretary of Defense Austin, Foreign Minister Payne, and Defense Minister Antony Blinken on the 16th, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced that he had “explained to France in advance,” which contradicts that. Was there.
(6) On the 17th, the US military admitted that the drone attack targeting the people involved in “Islamic State (ISIS)” was a misfire. On August 29, a drone strike by US troops in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, killed 10 Afghans, including seven children.
Let’s take a look at how problematic this is and why US foreign policy has begun to break.
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