US military deployment near China risks confrontation: Former Pentagon official
A proposed US military plan to send aircraft and warships near the South China Sea to confront Chinese territorial claims is part of the so-called “pivot” strategy that will increase the chance of confrontation with Beijing, a former Pentagon official says.
“The deployment is part of the pivot to the east by the United States to put military assets into the South China Sea area,” said Michael Maloof, a former senior security policy analyst at the US Department of Defense.
“The United States really should not get involved in something it cannot really, really handle,” Maloof told Press TV on Wednesday.
“It’s only going to present a confrontation with China and China is fully prepared to deal with US presence there,” he added.
Tensions between China and the US escalated in November 2013 after Beijing declared an air identification zone over the East China Sea.
The Obama administration is trying to keep its focus on a widely advertised shift to Asia, which it has pursued since 2011. The White House argues that no region is more important to the United States’ long-term interests than Asia.
A new assessment released last month by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace argues that the Obama administration’s Asia pivot has not been successful and American power and influence in the region has been declining.
Observers believe America’s efforts to increase its presence in the Asia-Pacific region is aimed at containing China.
China accuses the United States of meddling in the regional issues and deliberately stirring up tensions in the South China Sea.
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