挂羊头卖狗肉 [Guà yáng tóu mài gǒuròu]

 挂羊头卖狗肉 [Guà yáng tóu mài gǒuròu]

This is a Chinese idiom which literally can be translated as this: [A meat monger] hanging up a sheep's head in his stall front but, that the meat he is hawking is really dog’s.  

Biden has released his National Security Strategy. It is all BS and the first thing that came to my mind is this Chinese idiom.

Biden exemplifies the practice of this idiomatic meat monger of butcher.

He talks as if the US is the Moses that will take the world to the rightful place – a world that is free from aggression, coercion, and intimidation – in the wake of the evil expansion of China, Russia, and lesser “autocratic” state like Iran. Only the US, together with its allies, can ensure freedom and democracy.

Essentially these are the key takeaways of the report:

• 1.   Treating China as the biggest “geopolitical challenge (aka enemy)”
• 2.   Constraining Russia
• 3.   Countering Iran
• 4.   Committing to Israel
• 5.   Cooperating with like-minded nations globally

There is no need for me to elaborate more, save on the gist of the entire strategy, i.e., Point 1.

Biden proclaims that the US is “in the middle of a strategic competition to shape the future of the international order” to counter China which, to him, is the only competitor with both the intent to reshape the international order and, increasingly, the economic, diplomatic, military, and technological power to do it.

The report says Beijing is planning to expand its sphere of influence in the Asia-Pacific and become the world’s leading power.

And to carry out its strategy, the U.S. seeks to build on its alliances, bolster its industry, and modernize its military so that "it is equipped for the era of strategic competition with major powers."

The dog meat that he is hawking includes the claim that it is the foundational principles of self-determination, territorial integrity, and political independence must be respected." 

You believe him? Ask the Saudis

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