"fareasternpotato.blogspot.tw" = US Propaganda?

[Novelis]

Hello everybody,

I found this blog written by a journalist called Michael J. Cole, it contains a lot of articles about Asian affairs, with an emphasis on Taiwanese/Cross-Strait issues.

_http://fareasternpotato.blogspot.tw/

This blog is associated with a "think tank" that was allegedly set up by the premier of the DPP (Democratic Progressive Party), Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文), the presidential candidate for the elections in January 2016, and I have also read quite a few articles on that website too:

_http://thinking-taiwan.com/

At first I was quite pleased (Emotionally Triggered, which was a red flag in itself) to see a website that was covering news in Taiwan (where I am currently living). I found it refreshing as it does delve into some of the shady activities of governments in both China and Taiwan, of which I have not seen hardly any coverage of on Sott.net.

However, after a bit more digging, more than a few alarm bells started ringing, like:

The promotion of propaganda: _http://fareasternpotato.blogspot.tw/2015/07/taiwan-needs-counter-propaganda-strategy.html

The Taiwanese need their own United Front to counter Beijing’s propaganda. But before they can do so, they need to better understand each other

Military expansionism: _http://thinking-taiwan.com/taiwanese-military-reform-pla-political-warfare/

Transforming Taiwan’s military to ensure that it can meet the many external challenges that lie ahead is an absolute necessity. However, platforms and reorganization alone — the issues that usually receive the greatest attention when terms like “reform” and “transformation” are involved — are insufficient. Without enough motivated men and women to fill the ranks, and without proper political and civilian support, all the “nuts and bolts” transformation in the world will amount to little. Consequently, as Taiwan’s military establishment ponders future capabilities and organizational requirements, just as importantly it must bolster the image of the armed forces and seek to counter the sustained propaganda/political warfare campaigns unleashed by Beijing to undermine morale in the troops, destroy the reputation of the military at home and abroad, and convince the Taiwanese population, as well as Taiwan’s allies, that resistance is futile. In other words, the people, not the Chinese military, might be Taiwan’s worst enemy.

Guilty-By-Omission i.e. the lack of mentioning of US tactics and the sordid history of hegemony in the region and elsewhere: _http://thinking-taiwan.com/how-the-republicans-forgot-taiwan/

In a rational political universe, President Obama’s victory in getting the Iran nuclear deal past a reluctant Congress should have marked the beginning of the end of the 9-11 era in U.S. foreign policy. That era has been characterized by an extreme obsession with the Middle East and Southwest Asia. It included two major wars — in Iraq and Afghanistan — as well as ongoing American efforts to nick Islamic extremism in the bud (by attacking al-Qaeda personnel at every turn, for example) and futile attempts to defuse Arab anger by finding a solution to the decades-long conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.[/b]

What STRONGLY appears to be Willful Ignorance of the objective situation concerning US and other countries: http://thinking-taiwan.com/clintons-asia-pivot/

Yet even allowing for this precedent, it is still difficult not to be encouraged by (undeclared) presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton’s recent interview with Taiwan’s Business Weekly magazine, in which she criticizes President Ma Ying-jeou’s (馬英九) policy of moving Taiwan progressively closer to China, saying it could eventually result in a loss of the nation’s economic and political independence. Underscoring the point, she compares Taiwan to the Ukraine, where Russian separatists are hard at work trying to undo the country’s democracy, and return it to Moscow’s orbit.

Now, does this mean that these websites are an arm of US propaganda? Yes, I would say, this is quite likely, more than likely, even. But, does that mean that all of the articles there are lies and not worth our time?

Are issues concerning Taiwan and China under-represented on Sott.net?

Thanks,
Robin

 

[Novelis]

I might mention too, that I once saw a book at my mother-in-law's home, it was a collection of political reflections regarding the situation around the world, where I read an article written by this Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) about the Israeli conflict. It was such a "toeing of the official narrative" in all the predictable ways, like suggesting the conflict is a war with guilty parties on both sides instead of what it really is, Israeli imperialism.

I felt so sick with the BS and the ignorance that I told my wife and mother-in-law to throw that garbage in the fire.

I mention this without being able to quote from it, since it doesn't seem to be available online, but suffice to say that, since I saw that, I became very cautious of anything coming from Tsai Ing-wen's (蔡英文) mouth. furthermore, tt looks more and more likely that she will will the upcoming elections in 2016 and become president. Another US puppet?

Robin