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Parallel between Covid 19 and Pearl Harbor Attack (B John Kunthara)

Published on 10 April, 2020
Parallel between Covid 19 and Pearl Harbor Attack (B John Kunthara)
Few days back the US surgeon general made a comparison, in one of the talk shows, with corona virus attack and Pearl Harbor attack by Japan in 1941. I think he is correct in his assessment in both cases US was unprepared to face a sneak attack from the enemy.

During the WWII America had some issues with Japan in the Pacific because Japan was in an expansion journey by conquering other nations just like Germany in Europe. Japan made a pact with Germany agreeing that both nations will not interfere each other in their attempt to dominate territories in each one’s hemisphere.

In 1941 US armed forces grew from 500000 to more than 2 million, US Navy was expanding its operations in the Pacific with huge base in Hawaii. As a precaution Japan decided to attack and destroy the Naval base in Hawaii. A full-fledged war began.

Beginning of 21st. century China created a hidden agenda to dominate the world by defeating America first economically then militarily. That process was going on by flooding the US market with cheap consumer products and attracting US manufactures to China with cheap labor.

All the way to 2016 this plan was working very good no US administration resisted what China was doing. Not only we became a debtor nation to China but also depended on so much vital goods from China.

Since Donald Trump got elected as US President the atmosphere started to change. Trump declared he will end all existing unfair trade practices with all world. He said we are treated unfairly by all nations. His argument was our markets are wide open to all counties, but they all restrict our products. We face heavy restrictions in those countries.

This was not simply a talk he started cancelling trade agreements and started imposing heavy taxes on Chinese imports. Sametime he said he is open for negotiations. Only remedy to that was China must open their markets to US goods. This was not an empty threat. China had no choice but to negotiate with Trump. New trade agreements are in place now. This will ruin their long-term ambition of ruining the US economy with trade as the weapon.

New trade practices about to get started from April 1st. 2020. We stated seeing this Coved 19 invisible virus on our soil probably from November 2019. Is this a co-incident? No one can dispute that this virus didn’t come from China. What is in question whether this virus was a natural transmission from animals to human or any deliberate act?

We are not dealing with an honest open government. At the time of this outbreak, China gave all kinds of wrong information and concealed the infectious nature of this virus from the world. Jailed those doctors expressed their concern. Kicked out most of the foreign journalists from China. The propaganda machine started to put blame on America for this virus.

This is where I see the parallel between Pearl Harbor attack by Japan and Coved 19 attack by China. Both were sneaky in nature. In both cases America was surprised and ill prepared. America suffered a lot during the WWII in death and financial ruins. After Pearl Harbor American difference in the Pacific grew so big and strong. In the economic front we grew into become the biggest economy on earth. Is History repeating?

Parallel between Covid 19 and Pearl Harbor Attack (B John Kunthara)
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