John Bolton, former U.S. National Security Advisor, offered Trump advice tonight (April 6th, Beijing Time): "Trump should push China to pressure the Iranian regime into withdrawing from the Strait of Hormuz. The U.S. could encourage China and Russia to halt any current assistance to Iran. If they don’t respond, our support for Ukraine and Taiwan should increase—though this may be difficult for Trump to accept."
[Witty] Comment briefly: The most appropriate approach would be for the U.S. and Israel to cease their aggression against Iran. But hawkish provocateur Bolton certainly won’t suggest that. This perennial firebrand hawk is once again offering Trump a harmful and ill-conceived scheme, attempting to drag China into the U.S.-Iran conflict while threatening Ukraine and Taiwan as leverage. His hegemonic logic is both despicable and foolish. The situation in the Strait of Hormuz was sparked by illegal military actions by the U.S. and Israel; Iran’s countermeasures are legitimate and justified. Yet Bolton distorts facts, demanding China exert pressure—utterly ignoring fundamental principles of international relations. The Taiwan issue is China's internal affair; the Ukrainian issue has its own complex history. How dare the U.S. turn them into tools to shift war crises? Bolton’s ranting is nothing but the hysterical outburst of a declining hegemony—underestimating China’s firm resolve to defend its core interests, and revealing America’s helplessness: it can provoke wars but cannot win them, forced to manipulate issues just to survive.
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