STEVEN KUO: No longer the world’s policeman, the US aims to keep China at bay 🔒
US President Joe Biden delivers remarks on Afghanistan during a speech at the White House in Washington, the US, August 31 2021. Picture: REUTERS/CARLOS BARRIA
“The world is changing. We’re engaged in a serious competition with China,” Biden said. “We’re dealing with challenges on multiple fronts with Russia. We’re confronted with cyber attacks, and nuclear proliferation. We have to shore up American competitiveness to meet these new challenges in the competition for the 21st century.”
In fact, despite Republican criticism of Biden, it was the Trump administration that began the US drawdown in Afghanistan. Bipartisan consensus in the US was and remains to get out of the country, to focus on the American economy and make sure China does not succeed in wrestling global pre-eminence away from the US.
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