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“My uncle, a Colonel in the US Army, said that China, not Russia, is the US’ main rival, and in 10 years we’ll be at war with China because there can’t be two superpowers,” commented a Red Flag reader.
“When there are two contenders for imperialist top-dog, it leads inevitably to war. Our historic task is to end this deadly dogfight forever by destroying capitalism-imperialism and building a communist world,” responded an ICWP comrade.

US Rulers’ Strategic Dilemma: Where to Fight?
This colonel expresses the position of some US rulers who see China as their main long-term challenger.   That was the view of the powerful Hart-Rudman Commission Report (1999-2001).  It’s the analysis behind the “Pivot to Asia-Pacific” strategy of the dominant wing of the US imperialist class.
Other US rulers consider Russia a more immediate threat.  Ariel Cohen of the Heritage Foundation wrote in 2013 that Putin’s policy was “a strategic break from the West and establishment of a Russian ‘pole’ in a multipolar world order.”   Russian aggression in Ukraine this year has broadened support for a “get tough on Moscow” policy. 
Leslie Gelb of the Council on Foreign Relations argued in May that “there is nothing that can be done to stop the growing control of Russia and Russian-backed militias in eastern Ukraine.”  He called for a longer-term strategy of sanctions.   Obama announced on December 16 that he would sign legislation imposing new sanctions on Russia to “deepen the pain” of Moscow’s currency crisis.
Some US rulers think that reasserting US domination over the Middle East is the way to contain both China and Russia.   Others think that China can better be contained in Asia-Pacific, and Russia in the Black Sea-Eastern Europe region.
The first group argues that by toppling the Syrian regime, Iraq could be pacified and an isolated Iran could be forced to capitulate peacefully or be easily conquered militarily. US imperialism would again dominate this strategic oil-rich region.
ISIS serves their purposes by justifying military intervention. Vice President Biden exposed this when he accused Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE of sending “hundreds of millions of dollars and thousands of tons of weapons” to supply extremist jihadis.  But the CIA itself armed and trained hundreds of Syrian rebels, many of whom joined groups that coalesced into ISIS.
This imperialist gang and its allies want a no-fly zone along the Turkish-Syrian border. They would use US air power to destroy Syrian air defenses and air force, and protect Syrian rebels and US troops who would topple Assad. 
The dominant faction of US imperialism doesn’t want a no-fly zone. They fear that bombing Assad’s military might trigger a major clash with China-Russia- Iran. They think rebel forces, with Turkish soldiers’ aid, can pressure Iran into       acceding to their demands, without large numbers of US soldiers.
Their main demand is that Iran agree not to provide oil and gas by land to China, especially in a war. Then, they figure,  the energy resources needed by China’s industry and military could be cut off by the US Navy, which controls the sea lanes and chokepoints in Asia-Pacific through which this energy must pass.
Neither strategy is a sure winner.  Key regional powers (Turkey, Saudi Arabia) have their own interests that we’ll write more about later.   Iran has a large standing military and potential to expand it.  Neither China nor Russia will accept submission without a fight.
What’s really at stake in the US rulers’ policy debate is where they should plan to fight World War III.  

Our Historic Task:  Bury Capitalism-imperialism With Communism
This racist profit system has no other option but to resort to war and mass destruction of workers’ lives and the planet.
We, on the other hand, have the option of joining the International Communist Workers’ Party to fight for a world that will cherish human lives above everything.  This communist world will tear down all borders and the nations they define. 
Once we win the class war against the imperialists, war will become a thing of the past. 
Through collectivity and sharing we will flourish fully as productive creative human beings.

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