I've been calling this for years, the next US military intervention will be in Kyrgyzstan. You will notice much like Russia/Ukraine, suddenly every lib is going to become an expert in Uzbek expansionism and they're going to drum up a group of disaffected Kyrgy's to arm to the teeth and destabilize the region.
I'm going to put my money on America naming this communistic terrorism and drone striking it (this will be an "accident" if the general public condemns this action).
if the general public condemns this action
I doubt they will, because cHyNa BaD, iRaN bAd. Even libs who believe Trump is the second coming of Hitler are completely fine with any of his regime's military adventures as long as it's something a Democrat would've done as well and targets the empire's traditional enemies.
nobody tell the US government
Yeah this won't get sabotaged
It gives them the ability to bypass the blockade until the US bombs it either from the air pretty openly or using one of their various "moderate rebel" groups with access to suspiciously advanced weaponry and explosives and maybe submarines for some reason.
It's good China is doing this but it's on shaky ground as long as the US has the ability to coup, seed terrorists, etc as they plead in areas with governments that are at least a lot weaker than Russia in abilities of self-defense and security against an adversary like NATO.
They already have a vague interest in color revolution-ing or seeding "moderate rebel" maidan or ISIS types in these nations due to their historical affinity with the USSR and present-day proximity to and importance to Russia but cutting off the belt and road is going to be very high priority. Taking out just Turkmenistan here for instance completely blunts this and Uzbekistan while possibly to bypass by a long routing around via Kazakhstan is also pretty important.
Make no mistake if the US escalates to the point of a naval blockade of China from the first/second/third island chains they're not going to flinch at using a proxy to blow up a rail bridge or do damage in ways that takes weeks to repair. For regular trade it's a good thing and a poke in the eye to the US but if stuff hits the fan their most reliable routes overland are going to be via Russia which is already dealing with CIA proxies via Ukraine and has the experience and capabilities to counter them pretty effectively compared to most places. Ideally they put into place more alternate rail lines as well so it takes more leg-work to attempt to take them all out.
Taking out just Turkmenistan here for instance completely blunts this and Uzbekistan while possibly to bypass by a long routing around via Kazakhstan is also pretty important.
I'm guessing these countries will be making bank on tolls on these routes. Even a pro-US government would not be very happy if asked to shut them down.
That is a very optimistic reading of us puppet governments.
Have to say this is impressive.
Fuck yeah, good for them
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