Evolving our Yellow Peril propaganda

There's a reason I keep banging away at this Yellow Peril thing. War with China should be seen as a far greater threat to our well-being than either covid or climate change.

Yet, day after day, our big media, the supposedly "responsible" outfits, are pushing an anti-China agenda. While the discourse is drenched in faux outrage over China's record on human rights, the reality is that the great push for confrontation with China comes primarily from the purveyors of American Exceptionalism in Washington.

These people are determined to maintain American hegemony over the planet at any cost. Think that through.

Generally speaking, reportage around Meng and the Two Michaels in Canadian media has been devoid of serious context. They'll acknowledge that yes, we did in fact nab Meng first, but that was totally rule-of-law hunky-dory because Uncle Sam asked us to nab her, because she violated US sanctions against Iran, and, well... rule of law!

Never have I seen in any Canadian media an explication of the precise nature of those US sanctions on Iran. Are they legal? Who says so, and why? 

Today, Jeremy Nuttall has a update on Meng and the Michaels in the Toronto Star that dispenses with the Iran angle altogether. And why not? It's a pesky detail in the narrative, and American Exceptionalism doesn't do well with pesky details. Here's how Nuttall explains the arrest of Meng Wanzhou:

The United States is seeking her extradition to face bank fraud and other charges related to allegations going back years.

Cute, eh? Iran has completely disappeared from the story!

China bad! We're the innocent victims of Chinese communism! We MUST rely on our our allies to "voice their displeasure with China..."

What allies do you suppose we're talking about? Australia? New Zealand? Are those countries going to change China's policies? Of course not! Whenever you see references to our need to rely on allies, the ally we're talking about is the USA.

So, our national security, our dignity, our sovereignty, are all reliant on the failing and flailing American Empire. Whether it's Donald or Joe or Kamala in the White House doesn't make much difference. Our policy-makers and their media echo chamber are determined to hitch our wagon to US foreign policy. 

Ponder that.