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| US will not specify North Korea punishments |
| 2010-05-21 |
| WASHINGTON - The United States on Thursday refused to tip its hand on possible punishments for North Korea as tensions rose after Seoul accused its neighbor of sinking one of its warships in a torpedo strike. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs would not say whether Washington was mulling new United Nations sanctions against Pyongyang or other measures, but said "a lot of things" were on the table. None of which we'll actually do ... Feel the wrath of The Sternly Worded Note! Not to mention the Coldly Extended Hand of Greeting... We'll still bow to them ... He repeatedly met questions on the US response to the crisis by saying that Washington was in direct consultation with the South Korean government and other key powers. Gibbs also renewed the US condemnation of the sinking, which killed 46 sailors, that he first made Wednesday after a multinational investigation said there was overwhelming evidence a North Korean submarine sank the ship on March 26. "We strongly condemn this act of aggression against the Republic of Korea," he said, and sent condolences to families of the dead. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #5 OOOOSPIES, forgot KOREA TIMES > EVIDENCE ON CHEONAN WILL NOT CHANGE CHINA'S POSTURE ON NORTH KOREA. IOW, CHIN will continue to mil protect and defend its BUFFER/VASSAL STATE DPRK agz Any and All Comers until such time that CHIN + only CHIN decides otherwise. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-05-21 21:52 |
| #4 NEWS AM > a US Expert believes that niether the US nor CHINA will overtly support any HARSH OR HARDLINE MIL RESPONSE + ECON SANCTION AGZ NORTH KOREA??? * DAILY NK OPED > SEEDS OF JUCHE SOWN BY SINO-SOVIET SPLIT. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-05-21 21:48 |
| #3 We f**ked up, we trusted them. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2010-05-21 09:22 |
| #2 Double-Secret Probation? |
| Posted by: xbalanke 2010-05-21 08:45 |
| #1 ION WMF > CHINA TO BUILD DIFFERENT AIRCRAFT CARRIER CLASSES OF NUCLEAR-POWERED AND "UPGRADED/IMPROVED", VARYAG-, NIMITZ-TYPE DESIGNS BY 2020. * SAME > MALAYSIA, NOT VIETNAM, IS CHINA'S REAL HIDDEN ENEMY IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA. * SAME > THE PHILIPPINES, NOT TAIWAN OR INDONESIA, IS THE GREATEST MILITARY WEAK LINK FOR THE US AMONG "FIRST ISLAND CHAIN" SOVEREIGN STATES. IMPORTANCE OF HAINAN ISLAND + MIL CONQUEST OF TAIWAN FOR PLA PHILIPPINES STRATEGIC ATTACK/MIL CAMPAIGN TO GAIN QUICK ACCESS INTO WESTPAC AGZ THE US CARRIER. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-05-21 01:56 |