NOURNEWS- In recent days, following the sharp statements of "Joe Biden" against "Xi Jinping", the confrontation between Washington and Beijing has intensified once again.
The point to consider in this regard is Biden's statements regarding Chinese balloons and his claim to control these balloons, a claim that even the closest people to the American president do not believe in the real world.
The story of the detection and shooting down of a Chinese balloon over the northern coast of America has caused new security concerns in the Pentagon.
This balloon was first seen in the Aleutian Islands, located in the Pacific Ocean and after passing through Canada, it entered the United States, and the continuous movement of this balloon over the state of Montana - the place where nuclear weapons are stored and manufactured in the United States - doubled the sensitivities.
American experts believe that the trajectory of the balloon shows that its purpose was most likely to collect security information, as it passed over sensitive sites and centers.
Certainly, this issue will become one of the controversial issues among the final candidates in the 2024 presidential election, as some Republicans demanded Biden's resignation due to the delay in issuing the order to shoot it down when the news about the flying of Chinese balloons over the US was published.
On the other hand, the Democrats considered the recent criticisms of the Republicans against Biden as a form of political and propaganda blackmail, citing the information disclosed about the free and unlimited activity of spy balloons during the Trump presidency and the inability of the US Department of Defense to monitor them.
The essence of this conflict, however, shows that the Chinese have subdued both traditional American parties.
On the other hand, Biden's words show that the case of Chinese balloons is still the main point of conflict between the two Democratic and Republican parties in the field of security and secrecy, and in the near future, especially in the election contests, we will see its more serious plan.
In other words; The discovery and fall of the Chinese balloon over the northern states of America were the revealing point of a kind of full-scale security conflict between Washington and Beijing, especially since, without a doubt, the Chinese balloon was not the first balloon sent to the American sky by Beijing and it will not be in the future.
This security conflict has intensified at a time when due to the chronic tensions that have arisen between the US and its allies in a confrontation with China in the region of Taiwan, Tibet, Hong Kong and the South China Sea, the possibility of an incident like the Ukrainian war between China and Taiwan has increased.
In this situation, Beijing has tried to respond to Washington's comprehensive pressures in the East Asian region by extending the scope of the security battle into American soil.
What is certain is that such a conflict is long-term and cannot be referred to as a "temporary tension" or a time-limited conflict between the currents of power in America.
BY: Pooya Mirzaei
NOURNEWS