Biden’s debut at the UN General Assembly aroused concern that the United States does not seek a new Cold War?Allies do not believeFly into the homes of ordinary people
“The United States is back.” At the debut of the United Nations General Assembly, US President Biden tried his best to deliver this signal. However, when many representatives of allies heard this slogan again, their eyes had changed from the anticipation and excitement at the beginning of the year to intriguing senselessness, ridicule, and even anger.
And when Biden vowed to say that the United States “does not seek a new cold war,” the tension of the diplomats did not seem to relax a little. After all, the front foot of the United States undermined the nuclear non-proliferation system for its own benefit, and the back foot hyped up the “China threat” at military meetings.
As the US media said, Biden’s biggest challenge in the UN General Assembly is to prove that he is not Trump. But what the United States has done recently makes this challenge seem to be farther from reality and arouses more doubts.
Caption: The General Debate of the 76th UN General Assembly kicked off on the 21st at the UN Headquarters in New York, Xinhua News Agency
“Looks a lot like Trump”
Biden made his appearance at the UN General Assembly on the 21st. This is the first time he has delivered a speech at the UN General Assembly since he became the President of the United States.
Biden gave full play to his oratory skills and tried his best to exaggerate the United States‘ attention to global issues, with the intention of highlighting the “leadership position of the United States on the world stage.” When meeting with UN Secretary-General Guterres, he emphasized that the partnership between the United States and the United Nations is “based on common values and principles, and these bonds are more important than ever.” As for the much criticized hastily withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, it was packaged by him as a “righteous act” to end the 20-year war and usher in a new era of American diplomacy. He promised to work with Congress to double the funding to help developing countries deal with climate change. He also said that the United States has provided more than 160 million doses of vaccine to the world and will provide more vaccines.
Although Biden speaks very well, judging from the reaction of the scene, especially the allies, they are not so convinced of Biden’s promise.
On the issue of the fight against the epidemic, when Biden took office at the beginning of the year, he drew a big pie for the world, but in March he returned to Trump’s “America First” style and refused to help. In June, the United States finally announced the global distribution plan for the first batch of 55 million doses of vaccines, but the delivery time was repeatedly delayed.
On the Afghanistan issue, Biden insisted on going his own way, ignoring the role of the United Nations and the opinions of allies, insisting on hastily withdrawing troops, and making the “Saigon Moment” repeat itself in Kabul.
The support of the United States and the United Kingdom for equipping Australia with nuclear submarines, which has recently been hotly discussed by the international community, once again proves that the United States will not only undermine the global nuclear non-proliferation mechanism for its own benefit, but also stabbing allies in the back.
French Foreign Minister Le Drian bluntly stated at the UN General Assembly that what Biden did “looks a lot like Trump.”
“We only have confrontation today”
Biden’s statement that the United States “does not seek a new Cold War” has attracted more attention.
Biden said, “We are not seeking a new Cold War, nor are we seeking a world divided into distinct groups.” He also pointedly stated that all major powers have the responsibility and obligation to carefully manage their relations with each other, emphasizing that the United States will not avoid protecting its allies or avoiding competition. But even the mainstream public opinion in the United States did not buy into this statement.
Before the opening of the UN General Assembly, UN Secretary-General Guterres issued a warning, emphasizing that all parties must stop at all costs a new Cold War that is more dangerous and difficult to control than the Cold War. “Unfortunately, we have only confrontation today.”
Although the White House secretly stated that the relationship between China and the United States is competition rather than conflict, it is not China that draws exclusive coteries around the world, exports nuclear technology, actively “decouples” from China, and strengthens military deployments. It is Biden’s rule. Under the United States.
The reality of confrontation and decoupling
The day before Biden’s speech at the UN General Assembly, the U.S. Air Force Association held the “Air, Space, and Network” conference. The newly appointed Secretary of the Air Force Kendall mentioned “China” 27 times in his 30-minute speech.
Kendall said that when he took office, he was convinced of “the three primary tasks-China, China, or China.” After exaggerating the normal development of China’s military power, he emphasized that the air force and space forces should strengthen cooperation with the military industry and Congress, retire old equipment, and “maintain technological superiority.”
It is worth noting that this is not the first time Kendall has emphasized updating equipment. He has worked in the field of defense procurement in the United States for nearly 50 years. He served as the Pentagon Procurement Supervisor and later worked in a military industrial enterprise. After taking office in August, he repeatedly preached the “China threat”, saying that “a leapfrog technology that can frighten China should be developed.”
While singing the high profile of “not seeking a new Cold War”, the United States has been confronted and decoupled everywhere, and it has fully demonstrated what duplicity means.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian stated on the 22nd that every member of the international community should abide by the purposes and principles of the UN Charter, safeguard the international system with the UN at its core and the international order based on international law, and promote peace, development, fairness and justice. , Democracy, and freedom are the common values of all mankind, practice true multilateralism, insist on consultation, joint construction, and sharing, and abandon small circles and zero-sum games.
Xinmin Evening News reporter Yang Yifan
Editor: Zhao Juling
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