The problem is that the current younger US leadership is filled with nepo babies who have only ever known a time period where US was "unopposed". They go around and believe US never needs to compromise, but they don't realize that the only reason US could seemingly be "unopposed" hinges on the smart politics of their fathers and grandfathers, who set practiced cunning geopolitics, made compromises and set real guardrails.
Well, there we have it. Proof of what the top echelon leadership thinks of the American lead containment policy towards China. In other words, they think it is damn stupid.
What they also think, is the current people in those positions in the United States, have no wisdom, and have no courage.
Besides being damn stupid with their China containment policy, supported by their allies they claim.
Quite a nice birthday party for Dr. Kissinger.
Truth is that America was never this global dictator who can redraw maps however they like. US got China's reluctant support, giving them safe markets and access to goods in exchange for China (and the rest of the world) turning a blind eye to US invading 3rd world countries. US compromised with corrupt USSR elites, promising and delivering untold wealth in exchange for the end of the Union.
So during those years while America was still the no1 economy and could go around attacking Iraq, Syria et al, that all rested on a series of under the table agreements, one that was negotiated for by Kissinger's generation.
The current US leadership will cause WW3 because they're manchildren. Just look at the likes of Rubio for example. They really think pressing Nazi claims against the remaining former Allies will be a smart way to secure continued US "dominance". USSR and China were the deciding battlefields of WW2 that buried the most nazis for a reason. While Russia is in a stagnant state, China has united properly and rebuilt to a massive extent. And Japan and Germany has atrophied as well, leaving US as the only major combatant of the new Axis. This isn't something US should be gleefully walking towards, but they are, and people like Kissinger are too old to stop them.
