SATISH SHARMA - not just Rotigraphy.: One line says it all: "The State Department urged that the US do what it can to retard the economic progress of the Communist Asian States."

Thursday, 4 June 2026

One line says it all: "The State Department urged that the US do what it can to retard the economic progress of the Communist Asian States."

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Noam Chomsky Nailed It in 1972: The US Has Had a Consistent, 60-Year Policy to Contain China

One line says it all: "The State Department urged that the US do what it can to retard the economic progress of the Communist Asian States."
Noam Chomsky wrote that in 1972, based on the Pentagon Papers. It was true then. It is still true now.
US presidents come and go. But the bureaucratic strategy — contain China, prevent any successful alternative to US-led order, crush any model that might inspire others — has been frozen in place for over 60 years.

Let me show you exactly how Chomsky nailed it, and how the evidence proves consistency.