Steve Pieczenik - China part 3 OPUS 7 20 21
Aired: 2021-07-20
Duration: 04:21

[00:00:02]  Hi, this is Dr. Pichinik, and today I want to talk about the impending conflict in the South China Sea.
[00:00:11]  Angela Merkel, one of the great leaders of Western Europe and Chancellor of Germany since 2005, said something very serious and very astute.
[00:00:22]  She warned the United States and China not to get into a conflict on the South China Sea.
[00:00:29]  I was concerned about that conflict in 1995 when I wrote the novel Pax Pacifica, and the only person who really understood it at the time was the former DCI, James Lilly, who thought this was a brilliant analysis of what would be an impending war in the China Sea.
[00:00:46]  The South China Sea is about 1.5 million square miles.
[00:00:51]  It's bordered by Vietnam on one side, China on the same side.
[00:00:57]  You have the Philippines.
[00:00:58]  You have Malaysia.
[00:01:00]  You have Taiwan.
[00:01:02]  And about 33 to 35 percent of the world traffic goes through this 1.4 million square miles.
[00:01:11]  It's an important point of traffic.
[00:01:13]  It's an important point where there's oil.
[00:01:17]  And rare minerals underneath on the ocean.
[00:01:20]  It's believed to be in the billions of tons.
[00:01:23]  The more important part is the fact that I have warned our country that you cannot go against China in any form right now.
[00:01:33]  China has grown rapidly.
[00:01:35]  Xi Jinping comes, as I have explained before, from a background of revolution, chaos, and distortion.
[00:01:43]  He knows exactly how to manipulate the United States.
[00:01:46]  He knows exactly what to do with Biden.
[00:01:50]  The key point here is that Secretary of State Blinken was looking for a potential war and encouraged our vessels to go into the South China Sea and possibly create a conflict with China.
[00:02:05]  I do warn Secretary of State Blinken, who worked with Susan Rice, and I recall the time When under General Keith Alexander, they ordered the NSA, Susan Rice and Blinken, to monitor the phone calls of American citizens, which at that time was illegal.
[00:02:22]  So I'm putting Blinken on notice, not only had he committed, in my opinion, treason in the past, he's incompetent, as I've said, and also he's a war hawk who had never served in our administration or in any wars, as did Biden.
[00:02:38]  Biden created a war in Iraq, We're supporting the war in Afghanistan, has supported the Obama wars in Libya, Somalia, and Sudan.
[00:02:48]  So I warn this administration to be careful of what you do.
[00:02:52]  Because if you engage with China, she doesn't play games.
[00:02:57]  She will defeat many of our boats.
[00:02:59]  We have an effect A lower number of boats there, but more effective boats.
[00:03:05]  China has about 200 to 300 small vessels.
[00:03:08]  They dominate in number, but not in quality, the South China Sea.
[00:03:14]  We have about 15 to 16 nuclear subs and going up to about 65.
[00:03:21]  I will not break them down because some of them are ballistic missile subs and intercontinental missiles, but they're very effective.
[00:03:29]  We have about 11 aircraft carriers and about 200 plus different cruise ships in the South China Sea.
[00:03:38]  We're very efficient.
[00:03:39]  Our Navy is very effective.
[00:03:41]  But more importantly, we do not need to confront China at this point in time.
[00:03:47]  Number one, China has an economic problem.
[00:03:49]  Number two, we need to get our economy straight.
[00:03:53]  We're going into an inflationary spiral.
[00:03:55]  We're having problems with our growth, effective growth.
[00:03:59]  And at this point, America does not want to go to war in any way or in the future.
[00:04:06]  Napoleon Bonaparte once said, let China sleep, but be aware when she awakens.
[00:04:12]  There's another saying that's important.
[00:04:15]  The Cold War may have ended, but the Cold War mentality still remains.
[00:04:20]  I warn you, be careful.