US seeking to wage war against Russia, China: Analyst

The ongoing deployment of US and NATO weapons on Russia’s borders, combined with recent militarization of critical regions in Eastern Asia, hints at America’s intention to wage war against Russia and China, an American political and radio host says.

Speaking to Press TV on Thursday, political commentator and radio host Don DeBar suggested that America’s recent military movements in the Baltic region, the Korean peninsula and the South China Sea are aimed against Russia and China.

The comments came after the US acknowledged that it is deploying weapons and equipment to Cold War era caves in Norway, as part of its push to station equipment near the NATO-Russia frontier.

The new equipment will be used in a US-NATO joint war game, involving 16,000 troops, to test the equipment and personnel in cold weather environments in the wake of Russia Northern Fleet’s unannounced military drills in March involving 38,000 troops.

The US has also sent its warships very close to China’s artificial islands in the South China Sea, constantly challenging Beijing’s sovereignty claims over the waters.

“They can only be doing that for either the purpose of attempting to pressure Russia and China into doing something that is perceived by them as being against their interests, or because the US actually intends to conduct a war against Russia and China,” he explained.

Referring to the Cuban missile crisis, where the former Soviet Union send “soft” and “hard” messages to the US about a possible invasion of the Latin American country, the analyst argued that Washington has been sending similar messages to Russia and possibly China.

“The messaging here has to include the shooting down of a Russian plane by a member of NATO in Syria and the take down of an elected government on Russia’s border in Ukraine; the deaths of some 6 thousand Russian-speaking Ukrainians by a government installed by Washington,” he explained.

The analyst was referring to NATO-member Turkey’s downing of a Russian bomber over Syria in November, a move that was defended by the US-led military alliance as right to protect airspace.

DeBar also pointed to the upcoming joint US-South Korea military drill amid a standoff with North Korea as another message, describing it as a “re-enactment of an invasion of North Korea by the United States with South Korean proxies.”

China deems recent US military measures in Korea as a threat to its strategic interests, saying Beijing will not allow its “national security interests to be damaged.”

 “It is a frightening moment at this time and I’m very seriously concerned about the possibility of there being a war soon,” DeBar noted.

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