US Marine General confirms Spratly by defense treaty, US will intervene

[vsdoc]

Asia would rather see parity rather than the lopsidedness that was prior to WW II among them. So how was India under Imperial Japan? Like it?

What Asia would like is to grow and compete without arbitrage from other continents.

What Asia would like is to harness natural resources and power without petrodollar hegemony.

If growing military and economic clout helps then so be it.

Asian civilizations have been doing business and sorting out their politics amongst themselves for over 5000 years.

I'm sure we will manage.

 

[gambit]

What Asia would like is to grow and compete without arbitrage from other continents.

What Asia would like is to harness natural resources and power without petrodollar hegemony.

If growing military and economic clout helps then so be it.

Asian civilizations have been doing business and sorting out their politics amongst themselves for over 5000 years.

I'm sure we will manage.

Spare us all the tired cliches about colonialism. Who is taking India's natural resources without paying for it?

 

[kawaraj]

the key crux in Asia is an unison between China and one major neighbor, i.e., India and Japan.

As long as China and India settle their border disputes, the US won't have any usage in Asia, and be doomed to be back into their lonely position in North Amercia.

that's why the US is buying heavily in Indian media to check both of them.

In Japan, they are so wary about a pro-China gov, e.g., Hatayama and Kan government both sabotaged by Aunt Sam.

 

[vsdoc]

Spare us all the tired cliches about colonialism. Who is taking India's natural resources without paying for it?

Who is talking about anyone talking about taking India's resources - paid for or gratis?

I will buy my oil direct from the person whose oil it is.

I will buy it in the currency I and the seller so desires.

I do not need a third party Godfather who controls who buys how much from whom for how much and in return for what.

The Hidden Hand of American Hegemony: Petrodollar Recycling and International Markets by David E. Spiro

 

[kalu_miah]

Asia has 4.1 billion people, no one country can speak for Asia. What Asia needs is balance, not concentration of power and bullying by large countries.