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'We are preparing for war' with China 'threat', says US military

32 minutes Posted Jun 3, 2025 at 3:30 pm.

(CLIPS) US defense secretary speech

US military prepares for war

(CLIP) "We are preparing for war"

Trump admin's war threats

(CLIP) Trump "will never hesitate to" use force

(CLIP) "Deterrence" and war

Shangri-La Dialogue 2025 summit

Asia-Pacific region

(CLIP) USA is "here to stay" in "Indo-Pacific"

US empire seeks hegemony

(CLIP) Pentagon says China is a "threat"

Pete Hegseth, extremist US "crusader"

Myth of Chinese "hegemony"

(CLIP) Hegseth on China "threat"

China opposes hegemony

China doesn't want hegemony

US pressures Asia to cut ties with China

(CLIP) USA opposes "economic cooperation"

Taiwan

(CLIP) Hegseth on Taiwan

Hegseth's hawkish rhetoric

(CLIP) US "warfighters" and "warfighting"

US military budget of $1 trillion

(CLIP) Trump boosts US military spending

Military interventions

(CLIP) USA tells Asia: Join us against China

US divide-and-conquer strategy is failing

China, Japan, South Korea cooperate

Trump's tariff threats

RCEP trade deal

ASEAN-GCC-China summit

India

(CLIP) Hegseth on US-India partnership

India-China relations

Philippines volunteers to be Ukraine of Asia

US military bases and missiles in Philippines

Militarization of first island chain

Regional non-alignment

Philippines and Australia

Colonialist Monroe Doctrine

(CLIP) Hegseth threatens Panama Canal

US imperialism is bipartisan

Biden official praises Trump's China policy

Republicans vs Democrats

US empire says war is peace

(CLIP) USA doesn't seek encirclement?

US "grand encirclement plan" for China

Biden admin's China policy

(CLIP) Antony Blinken on China containment

Imperial hypocrisy

Cold War Two

Silicon Valley profits from war preparations

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US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth delivered an extremely hawkish speech in which he demonized China as a "threat" and said, "We are preparing for war". Ben Norton analyzes the top Trump admin official's aggressive remarks at the Shangri-La Dialogue 2025 summit. He explains the geopolitics of the Asia-Pacific region, and Washington's unsuccessful attempt to pressure countries to join its new cold war on Beijing.

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLOTTVI_LAA

US defense secretary declared 'holy war' on China, left & Islam: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/03/07/us-defense-secretary-hegseth-overthrow-china-crusade/

Is war on China coming? The US military is seriously preparing: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/04/28/us-military-war-china-silicon-valley/

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