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| China is reason THAAD needs to be considered: U.S. lawmakers | |
| 2015-05-29 | |
| SEOUL -- The United States wouldn't need to consider the deployment of a state-of-the-art missile defense system on the Korean Peninsula if China were playing a proper role in regional security, senior U.S. lawmakers said Friday. "If China were doing enough to curb North Korea's misbehavior, then there would be no need for THAAD at all," said Rep. Jim Cooper (D-TN), a ranking member on the House Armed Service Committee's panel on strategic forces. He was on a trip here as a member of the U.S. congressional delegation headed by Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL), chairman of the subcommittee that oversees Washington's strategic weapons and ballistic missile defense. Rogers and Cooper acknowledged that the U.S. has little effective and realistic means left to control Pyongyang. "China is really the player who's got to get more involved in putting pressure on North Korea to behave in a rational fashion," Rogers said.
Beijing is rather strongly opposed to the U.S. push for the permanent deployment of a THAAD unit in South Korea. THAAD is an acronym for Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense. The two congressmen said Capitol Hill backs the Pentagon's plan but made clear that the final call is up to South Koreans. "The U.S. government is ready, in my view, to be a partner in that deployment should it be necessary. I have every confidence that the United States Congress is supportive of it," Rogers said. "But the government of South Korea has to make the decision as to when they decide to see that capability deployed, that system deployed in this country." Certainly, he added, there is a budgetary problem for the U.S., but THAAD is a matter of "basic defense." Asked whether South Korea should share the financial burden for THAAD, Rogers was guarded, just saying it is an issue to be discussed after South Korea makes a decision. He described the North's nuclear and missile threats as a "never-ending challenge." | |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #2 Will Nippon Ambassador "SUPER-C" CAROLINE KENNEDY + Supersauce still be needed vee "ASHTON"??? Beijing's focii may be its economy, but the CPC also knows that its ambition as "post-US" World #1, Leader of poten future OWG "Asian/East Asian Union", + OWG Co-Superpower, ...@etc. will only become harder as Regional rivals e.g. JAPAN, ETC. get Econ + Militarily stronger over time. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2015-05-29 01:03 |
| #1 More "China" news this AM ... * MANILA TIMES > US SOWING [threatening] CHAOS IN SOUTH CHINA SEA: CHINA. * SAME > CHINA MOVES WEAPONS TO RECLAIMED AREAS - REPORT. * BIGNEWSNETWORK > [GAM News] CHINA WEST PH SEA ACTIVITIES COULD BE PART OF [Local-Regional, Maritime] "GREAT WALL" PLAN - ANALYST. IIUC, IOW China actually views the "First Island Chain" as an extension of China's coastlines, whereas the "Second Island Chain" [Guam-CNMI, etal] is outside the "Wall" hence a proper arena for China + PLA to engage in MilOps agz "Barbarians/Foreign Devils"??? * TOPIX > [Honolulu Advertiser] CHINA: [SCS]ACTIONS ARE APPROPRIATE FOR "BIG POWER" IN SOUTH CHINA SEA. China being a good future par "US-style" OWG Co-Superpower in charge of East Asia + 1/2 of the Pacific, unlike the wily meaney fake Globalist USA whom wants to ... ... * TOPIX > [West Hawaii Today] CHINA MILITARY SET TO EPXAND GLOBAL REACH AS "NATIONAL" INTERESTS GROW. VERSUS * TOPIX > [China Daily] WASHINGTON WANTS TO MAINTAIN ITS PRIMACY [#1 status] IN ASIA-PACIFIC. * MANILA BULLETIN > [US DefSec] CARTER WARNS CHINA US WILL GO WHEREVER GLOBAL LAW [International Law] PERMITS IT. RELATED TOPIX = SOUTH CHINA SEA DISPUTE: CHINA WARNED [US DefSec Carter] US WILL REMAIN NO. 1 IN ASIA-PACIFIC. * DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > [US DefSec]CARTER: CHINA ISOLATING ITSELF IN PACIFIC, US WILL DO WHATEVER IT NEEDS TO DO TO UPHOLD INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND INTERNATIONAL LAW IN SOUTH CHINA SEA. * MANILA TIMES > [POTUS Obama Admin] WEST SEA [SCS] CRITICAL TO US SECURITY. WH PressSec Josh Earnest. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2015-05-29 00:53 |