{"id":73162,"date":"2011-07-12T12:58:44","date_gmt":"2011-07-12T12:58:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.dedefensa.org\/index.php\/2011\/07\/12\/mullen-a-la-chine-youre-a-big-boy-now\/"},"modified":"2011-07-12T12:58:44","modified_gmt":"2011-07-12T12:58:44","slug":"mullen-a-la-chine-youre-a-big-boy-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.dedefensa.org\/index.php\/2011\/07\/12\/mullen-a-la-chine-youre-a-big-boy-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Mullen \u00e0 la Chine : \u201cYou’re a Big Boy, now<\/em>\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Quelques semaines avant son d\u00e9part de la pr\u00e9sidence du Joint Chiefs of Staff des forces arm\u00e9es US, l’amiral Mullen se trouve en Chine pour une importante mission : tenter de verrouiller les relations strat\u00e9giques entre cette puissance et les USA.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tLe site DoDBuzz.com<\/em> a, ce 11 juillet 2011<\/a>, un commentaire mi-fataliste mi-acide sur ce voyage. Le site y voit, dans une lumi\u00e8re aveuglante, une d\u00e9marche d’apaisement fondamentale, suivant d’autres gestes du m\u00eame type de l’administration Obamza.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\t\u00abJust like Fredo Corleone, communist powers want one thing above all others respect and after many bumps in the road, the Obama administration’s strategy this year with China has been to give exactly that. Secretary Gates played it cool when the J-20 flew during his visit. He didn’t make any threats about Kim Jong Il’s misbehavior; he just reminded everyone that it’s unwise to play with fire. Chinese President Hu Jintao had a relatively smooth visit to Washington, as did China’s top general, Gen. Chen Bingde in this context of low expectations, both of their comparatively boring, standard diplomatic trips count as successes.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\t\u00bbWhen the prospect of a big arms sale to Taiwan threatened to upset this thaw, Washington put the kibosh on it. And now, Adm. Mullen has taken up Chen’s offer to visit China, where he arrived this weekend to visit with his counterparts and tour Chinese military facilities. The United States, Mullen repeated, wants a military-to-military relationship with China that can weather the diplomatic storms that crash across the Pacific every so often, and in particular, he told Chinese officials that it was important to strengthen exchanges between the two nuclear strategic forces, according to the China Daily.<\/em>\u00bb<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tBoDBuzz.com<\/em> cite des extraits d’un discours que Mullen a fait dimanche 10 juillet \u00e0 l’universit\u00e9 de Pekin, o\u00f9 le chef d’\u00e9tat-major g\u00e9n\u00e9ral des forces arm\u00e9es US reconna\u00eet \u00e0 la Chine le statut de puissance globale, ce qui conduirait les uns et les autres, et les Chinois en particulier, \u00e0 consid\u00e9rer que cette reconnaissance place, aux yeux m\u00eame des Am\u00e9ricains, la puissance chinoise \u00e0 parit\u00e9<\/strong> avec la puissance US. Ci-dessous, en date du 10 juillet 2011<\/a>des extraits de ce discours, pr\u00e9sent\u00e9s sur le site officiel du Pentagone ( American Forces Press Service<\/em>). Nous soulignons de gras la phrase qui est largement pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 comme la plus importante du discours.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\t\u00abThe top U.S. military officer called upcoming military engagements between the United States and China an encouraging sign that the two countries are beginning to build a relationship that advances both their interests and their ability to confront common challenges. The United States seeks a sustained and reliable military-to-military relationship with China, Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, emphasized during a speech today at Beijing’s Renmin University.<\/em> () <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\t\u00bbFirst, both the United States and China must work from a posture of mutual respect, recognizing each others’ strengths and achievements. When we do come together to talk, it should be from an honest and deep appreciation of the others’ positions, challenges, aspirations and interests, he said.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\t\u00bbSecondly, Mullen said both the United States and China must recognize that local issues that impact Asia and the Pacific often have global implications. Both of our nations recognize the emerging challenges of nuclear proliferation, terrorism, growing global energy demands and the geopolitical implications and stresses of climate change, he said. Therefore, our exchange must not be limited to the Asia-Pacific, but should range farther and wider, as befits our shared interests and China’s increasing ability to contribute positively and beyond your shores.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\t\u00bbFinally, Mullen urged the two nations to look to the future, not to the past. <\/em>China today is a different country than it was 10 years ago It is no longer a rising power. It has, in fact, arrived as a world power<\/em><\/strong>, Mullen said. Likewise, he said the United States is changing, too, along with the context and global order in which both countries operate.<\/em>\u00bb<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tCes d\u00e9clarations sont assez importantes pour m\u00e9riter une interpr\u00e9tation \u00e0 la fois globale et int\u00e9gr\u00e9e, c’est-\u00e0-dire qui concerne l’enti\u00e8ret\u00e9 du domaine strat\u00e9gique dans son sens le plus large, et les relations entre les USA et la Chine au niveau global. Ainsi, lorsque Mullen dit aux Chinois qu’ils sont une puissance globale (mondiale), les Chinois ne se priveront pas de traduire une puissance globale \u00e0 parit\u00e9 avec les USA ; et lorsque Mullen dit que les probl\u00e8mes de la zone Asie-Pacifique, o\u00f9 les USA et la Chine ont leur mot \u00e0 dire, ont n\u00e9cessairement un impact global, les Chinois ne se priveront pas de traduire que l’inverse est vrai.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tQue signifie l inverse ? Simplement que, puisque les USA estiment avoir des int\u00e9r\u00eats engag\u00e9s dans les \u00e9v\u00e9nements de la zone Asie-Pacifique, et qu’ils justifient cela par la port\u00e9e mondiale de ces \u00e9v\u00e9nements en fonction de leur propre statut de puissance globale, en pla\u00e7ant l’ensemble dans le cadre de bonnes relations entre la Chine et les USA, les Chinois peuvent riposter qu’ils \u00e9prouvent eux-m\u00eames un sentiment similaire pour les \u00e9v\u00e9nements au Moyen-Orient, voire les \u00e9v\u00e9nements dans la zone Am\u00e9rique-Pacifique Ce qui conduit \u00e0 s’interroger pour savoir ce que diront et ne pourront pas dire les USA si, demain, une flottille chinoise patrouille au large de l’Am\u00e9rique centrale, du Mexique, voire de la Californie, en arguant que la chose fait partie de leur pr\u00e9occupation pour la r\u00e9percussion vers l’Asie des \u00e9v\u00e9nements dans cette zone, et cela dans le cadre de bonnes relations entre la Chine et les USA. On se doute que les strat\u00e8ges am\u00e9ricanistes n’appr\u00e9cieront pas pr\u00e9cis\u00e9ment, mais on pourra toujours leur ressortir le discours de Mullen : qui est une puissance mondiale voit sa pr\u00e9sence de contr\u00f4le strat\u00e9gique justifi\u00e9e dans toutes les grandes zones strat\u00e9giques du monde.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tCela bien compris, qui ouvre de troublantes perspectives sur l’avenir, il faut \u00e9videmment comprendre ce que signifie le voyage de Mullen en Chine, qui pourrait finir par ressembler, dans les analyses et la m\u00e9moire qui en resteront, \u00e0 une sorte de Canossa \u00e9l\u00e9gant et subreptice. Le grand chef des forces arm\u00e9es US vient voir les Chinois, porteur d’un tel message moins de trois semaines apr\u00e8s les d\u00e9cisions<\/a> d’Obama en Afghanistan, unanimement per\u00e7ues comme l’annonce d’un d\u00e9sengagement qui ressemble \u00e0 une d\u00e9faite camoufl\u00e9e des USA. Les conclusions vont d’elles-m\u00eames, et l’on observera que, dans de telles conditions, la d\u00e9marche de Mullen ressemble, encore plus qu’\u00e0 une reconnaissance de parit\u00e9 avec la Chine, \u00e0 la tentative d’une puissance globale en d\u00e9clin acc\u00e9l\u00e9r\u00e9 de verrouiller certains liens strat\u00e9giques avant de perdre la l\u00e9gitimit\u00e9 \u00e0 pr\u00e9tendre \u00e0 de tels liens.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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\tMis en ligne le 12 juillet 2011 \u00e0 12H54<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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