Actions work better in maintaining stable Sino-US ties
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E-mail Xinhua, May 25, 2015
In fact, the United States has been a destabilizer in the Asia-Pacific region and beyond, rather than a peacekeeper.
By touting contributions his country has made to peace in the Asia-Pacific region for the past six decades, Biden forgot the obvious truth that the U.S. military has frequented battlefields more than any others since the end of World War II.
In the region alone, the United States fought two of the biggest regional wars in the 20th century, in Vietnam and the Korean Peninsula, respectively.
Countries in the South China Sea should be wary, if not worried, of such promises of the United States, as history has proved it.
Rather than depending on the U.S. naval power as Biden boasted, peace and prosperity in the South China Sea should be maintained by countries in the region via joint efforts and heartful cooperation.
Regional problems and territorial disputes should be handled carefully by those directly involved and claimants, and any unilateral attempts of flexing muscles would be nothing but poison for regional stability.
Besides, Biden's remarks are not only harmful to the stability of the Asia-Pacific region but also mislead his young audience.
"We do unapologetically stand up for the equitable and peaceful resolution of disputes and for the freedom of navigation," the vice president said, trying to lead the young elites of the U.S. navy to believe it is honorable of their country to send fleets across the world's largest ocean for other countries' matters.
But then a false sense of honor and the arrogant belief of one's moral superiority can bring about extremely dangerous outcomes, just like what the French philosopher Voltaire said about war, "each one marches gaily off to crime under the banner of his saint."
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