'Superficially, a recent squabble in the South China Sea was over rare corals, clams and sharks that Philippine Navy seamen were trying to seize from a half-dozen Chinese fishing boats -- until two Chinese Marine craft intervened. After tense hours in the tropical waters of the Scarborough Shoal, the Philippine Navy Ship -- a refitted U.S. Coast Guard cutter -- withdrew. But the real stakes were far larger, as the insistent claims of sovereignity over the shoal by the Philippine and Chinese governments since the standoff in April have made clear. The clash intensified longstanding disputes over the strategic and potentially energy-rich area that have become more urgent as the United States and China expand their naval power in the region. "We're just pawns," said Roberto Romulo, a former Philippine foreign secretary who argues that China is flexing its muscles to gain uinimpeded access to vast reserves of natural gas and oil believed to be buried under the South China Sea. "China is testing the United States, that's all it is. And China is eating America's lunch in Southeast Asia." A senior Chinese military officer dismissed any legitimate role for the United States in the South China Sea.'
Om een goed beeld te krijgen van de omvang van de Stille Oceaan is het belangrijk te weten dat de Pacific bijna 20.000 kilometer breed is, de helft van de omvang van de aarde. De Verenigde Staten ligt dus ongeveer aan de andere kant van de wereldbol, en desondanks meent de zogeheten 'beste krant van de wereld' dat de stelling als zou 'China de Amerikaanse lunch opeten in Zuidoost Azie' een juiste is, relevant genoeg voor de lezers om te vermelden. Om de absurditeit van deze kwalificatie enigszins duidelijk te maken moet men de zaak omdraaien. Stel dat een Nederlandse voormalige minister van Buitenlandse Zaken tegenover een Chinese krant, die de spreekbuis is van het Chinese regime, zou verklaren dat Nederland in een geschil met Duitsland over de gasvoorraden in de Waddenzee slechts 'een stroman' is aangezien onze rijkdommen in feite de 'lunch' zijn van China, dan zou onmiddellijk voor iedereen duidelijk zijn dat niet alleen deze Nederlandse autoriteit knettergek is, maar ook het Chinese regime. Maar het omgekeerde wordt als normaal beschouwd en juist die reactie tekent hoe diep de expansionistische, kolonialistische en vaak racistische mentaliteit in het westerse bewustzijn verankerd ligt. Wij mogen de rijkdommen in de rest van de wereld claimen aangezien ze onze 'lunch' vormen, terwijl de rest van de wereld zich aan onze eisen moet onderwerpen. In een volgend stuk ga ik hier verder op in. Om een indruk te krijgen van hoe de toekomstige oorlogen alvast 'gelegitimeerd' worden is het verstandig even deze willekeurige greep uit Google na te lopen.
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