Last November, imperialists at the UK’s neocon Council for Geostrategy outlined a “geopolitical strategy for the Himalayas” to foment trouble along China’s borders in that area. Once again, we find the U.S. carrying out British instructions. Consider the following summary timeline of U.S. “diplomatic” deployments to Central and South Asia since 2023 began:
Jan. 7: National Security Council Senior Director for South Asia, Rear Admiral Eileen Laubacher, arrives in Bangladesh for a 4-day visit. Aligning Bangladesh with the U.S.’s Indo-Pacific Strategy is widely reported to top her agenda. Bangladesh has increasingly turned to China for infrastructure investment and trade. Local press speculate that Laubacher was laying the groundwork for winning Bangladesh over, and perhaps establishing a US base there.
Jan. 12-13: Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, Donald Lu, infamous as the man who delivered US orders to Pakistan to oust its PM, Imran Khan, visits India. He brazenly promotes new border conflicts between India and China, telling NDTV while in New Delhi: “We have not seen China take good faith steps to resolve the border issue. In fact, quite the opposite, with aggressive Chinese moves, most recently, in India’s Northeast. In 2020, when the Galwan Valley clash happened, the US was the first to criticize Chinese aggression and offer support to India. The US will continue to stand with India.”
Jan. 14-15: Lu visits Bangladesh. Local press reports that containing China and the U.S. anti-China Indo-Pacific Strategy (IPS) is high on his agenda.
