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Zionism loyal servant Obama leaves for Asia tour to reassure allies of ‘pivot’

Obama leaves for Asia tour to reassure allies of 'pivot'

US President Barack Obama is leaving for the Asia-Pacific region on Tuesday in an effort to revive the “pivot” of US military towards the region.

Obama’s eight-day trip to four nations includes programs of dinning with the Japanese emperor, returning ancient seals to the South Korean government, touring a grand mosque in Malaysia and an address to US troops based in the Philippines, the USA TODAY reported.

Obama will focus on reassuring US allies in the region of Washington’s commitment to the “Asia pivot” at a time of escalating tensions between China and US allies, according to observers.

The US is meddling in territorial disputes between China and Japan over some islands in the East China Sea, on the one hand, and between China and some members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations over islands in the South China Sea, on the other hand.

The US president will start his four-nation tour in Japan, which has long been locked in a dispute with China for more than a decade over the sovereignty of uninhabited islands in the East China Sea — that are called Diaoyu in China and Senkaku in Japan. The islands are believed to have vast natural resources.

Although Washington has repeatedly said it would take no side on sovereignty of the disputed islands in the East China Sea, it officially recognizes Japan’s administration of the islands and feels responsible to protect Japan’s territory under a defense deal signed between the two countries.

Then, Obama will land in South Korea where thousands of US troops have been deployed since 1950s. He will also return some ancient seals seized by US soldiers during the Korean War, according to reports published in the Korean press.

After visiting South Korea and flying over the vast South China Sea, Obama will land in Malaysia, which has been far less blunt about China’s claims than Vietnam and the Philippines.

Elina Noor, a US-Malaysia expert at Kuala Lumpur’s Institute of Strategic and International Studies, said Obama’s visit to Malaysia “will largely be symbolic rather than substantive.”

At the end of his itinerary, Obama will arrive in the Philippines. “Basically, this is a long overdue trip,” said Richard Javad Heydarian, a lecturer in international affairs at Ateneo De Manila University.

Obama says Washington is “pivoting” US military resources to the region to secure it.

“Many are saying, ‘Where is the US pivot to Asia?’ And the sense of insecurity is strongest in the Philippines,” whose minimal navy has been harassed by Chinese boats “getting more aggressive in territorial posturing,” Heydarian said.

In an interview with Press TV on April 18, American author and radio host Stephen Lendman said Obama’s pivot is global as the US wants to become “the unchallenged world hegemon.”

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