China Firing Back in New Cold War

But which side should the public be on? 

James Corbett, Contributing Writer  
Activist Post 

Now that ground forces have already been deployed in Libya, and now that the leaders of the NATO war machine have finally admitted that their end goal is nothing less than regime change, the mainstream media is finally daring to ask about the geostrategic consequences of this third American war front. 

The spectre of the overthrow of the Iranian government is being bandied about once again, Lieberman is lobbying for intervention in Syria, and even John McCain is sending not-so-veiled threats to Moscow and Beijing that this wave of destabilization—a wave that is now fully admitted to be an invention of US and globalist-controlled NGOs—will be crashing on their shores soon. The long-term game plan of the globalist forces is now increasingly clear: overthrow Assad in Syria, isolate Iran, get rid of Ahmedinejad, and encircle China and Russia. 

The Cold War is Underway…and the West is Losing 

I appeared on RT yesterday to discuss how Beijing is one of the real targets of this Libyan intervention.

The question of why China would let the Libyan resolution pass through the UN Security Council without exercising its veto is a good one, and one that I didn’t answer adequately in that short segment. The full answer involves an understanding that the “war” in “cold war” is more analogous than literal.

The Chinese are not stupid, and they understand that the fall of the Soviet Union was not due to a grand military confrontation but an economic collapse. That collapse, in hindsight, was inevitable: the Soviet economy was broken and pathetic, and a greater and greater percentage of that economy was being shunted off into the unwinnable, never-ending war in Afghanistan The people were tired of decades of repression and deprivation and they cheered on the overthrow of the Soviet empire.

Russian president warns missile talks failure will provoke new arms race

Dmitry Medvedev stresses importance of Nato summit in address to Russian parliament

Photo: Konstantin Zavrazhin/Getty Images

Associated Press

A new arms race will erupt if Russia cannot agree with the west about a joint European missile defence programme, the Russian president warned today.

A Nato summit this month proposed an alliance missile shield and invited Russia to participate. Questions remain about possible joint command of such a system.

Dmitry Medvedev, in his annual address to Russia's houses of parliament, said: "In the next 10 years, the following alternatives await us - either we reach agreement on missile defence and create a full joint co-operation mechanism, or, if we don't go into a constructive agreement, a new phase of the arms race will begin. And we will have to make a decision on deploying new means of attack."

The Russian president also pledged his support for the Nato suggestion.


Experts from both sides will meet next month to consider linking Nato and Russia's systems to provide a shield against missiles from rogue nations. They will deliver a report to defence ministers in July.

Much of Medvedev's address focused on social and economic concerns, with comparatively brief and broad comments on political reforms and corruption.

He called on legislators to improve the lives of children and suggested giving land to families with three or more children. He said they should also be given a supplement of 3,000 rubles ($100) a month.

The focus on encouraging larger families reflected concern over the demographic crisis engulfing post-Soviet Russia. A high mortality rate and a declining birth rate have caused the population to shrink by 7 million from its 1991 high. However, the country reported a small population increase last year, to 141.8 million.

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