No one thought that Yin Xiyue, who has always licked the beautiful day, suddenly hardened once this time.
A few days ago, South Korean Defense Minister Shin Won-hyun suddenly burst into a burst when questioned in Congress, calling on the United States that if Washington is shaken by North Korea's "intimidation" and betrays the treaty obligations of the South Korea-US alliance, then the United States should give up its "global leadership."
Translated, the meaning of this sentence is that if the United States does not have the strength to protect South Korea, then get out of here and stop boasting about "global leadership".
Dare to speak like this to its own "suzerain", South Korea is obviously on the verge of collapse. How far has America's power fallen? Are you still willing and can you protect South Korea? This is Yoon Suk-yeol's biggest concern right now. Originally, this kind of talk should have been communicated privately by the defense ministers of the United States and South Korea, but Austin can't do it now, the military communication between the United States and South Korea has been affected, and Biden is busy with the election, while spraying with Trump, and on the other hand, he is rude to Putin, which makes South Korea a little anxious, so he shouted to the United States in public: Get out of here if you don't have the strength!
Obviously, the United States is now in a serious crisis of confidence, and the reason for this crisis is partly because Trump, including South Korea, the vast majority of American allies, are very worried about Trump's return, because he has made it clear that he will not protect these so-called allies. On the other hand, it needs to be linked to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
The Palestinian-Israeli conflict shows that even if the Houthis and other weak forces are weak, the US military cannot win, or dare not fight. Just imagine, a small Houthi can press the United States under their feet and rub it, hit American ships, American drones, and collect protection money in the Red Sea, so what else is there to talk about protecting South Korea?
The conflict between Russia and Ukraine shows that, first, to treat not so close allies, the United States will deal with it by sitting on the hill and watching the tiger fight, not ending, and asking Ukraine to fight to the last man; Second, even if the United States and NATO countries fully support the fight of a "first-man war", they will not be able to defeat Russia, let alone join forces with China and Russia.
The two conflicts directly shattered the myth of the omnipotence of the United States and the illusion of US hegemony.
Interestingly, when confronted with doubts from its allies, the first reaction of the United States was not to show its strength and make promises to its allies, but to dump the blame on China.
On February 24, on the occasion of the second anniversary of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the G7 held an online ** meeting, in which Zelensky also participated. After the meeting, the G7 issued a joint statement, in addition to emphasizing continued support for Ukraine and sanctions against Russia, it also directly named China, saying that China has provided military support to Russia, and then the U.S. Department of Commerce used this as a reason to include eight Chinese entities in the sanctions list.
There is a saying on the Internet that is true, when you are an official in the United States, you only need to remember one sentence, blame China for everything, and then you can deal with many problems.
Of course, for the allies of the United States, especially for Ukraine, throwing the pot on China's head and then imposing sanctions on China will not play a role in their security, and if the United States is still so self-deceptive, then the hegemony of the United States is probably not far from collapse.