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2013-03-17 Southeast Asia

In Chinas shadow, Guantánamos former Uighur captives languish on Palau

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Posted by tipper 2013-03-17 16:12|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Dump the Uighurs in Syria. They will be right at home. They can even decide who they will fight for. Freedom of choice.

Or force them to be put up by the judge that set them free from Gitmo.

Palau was screwed.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2013-03-17 16:57|| 2013-03-17 16:57|| Front Page Top

#2 A friend of mine + local patron claims of being told by a third-party Micronesian/Chuukese associate that Chuuk [fka Truk] + other FSM States are ready to end the Compact of Free Association wid the USA + vote to become de facto Chinese territory(s).

AGAIN, ITS NO LONGER THE US-VS-RISING-CHINA IN ASIA-PACIFIC, BUT THE US-VS-RISING-CHINA-VS-NUCLEAR-ISLAM IN SAME - ITS ONLY A QUESTION OF WHETHER RADICAL ISLAM'S HARD/BURQUA BOYZ + GLOBAL JIHAD WILL ATTACK THE US OR CHINA FIRST BEFORE ATTACKING THE OTHER???

* OTHER = FYI an Iranian naval task group had recently docked in a Chinese + other SE Asian ports, wid more such visitations to come.

Also, as per PACIFIC NEWS CENTER [fka GUAM K-57 NEWS], a GUam Senator has recently penned a letter to Washington requesting that Guam be included or considered in the plan for upgrade of US BMD capabilities [Fort Greely, AK] per the latest NOKOR threat agz CONUS.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2013-03-17 19:44|| 2013-03-17 19:44|| Front Page Top

#3 Reminds me a lot of the US situation in the Pacific, albeit imperfectly, just before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

Just substitute "Japanese" milbases in the Central Pacific/CENTPAC wid "Chinese", save that this time "sequestered" USN Nuclear SuperCarriers + USMC Amphib Carriers back in CONUS homeports may be attacked by China + PLA 2nd Arty e.g. CVS being docked en masse at Norfolk NNSY???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2013-03-17 19:51|| 2013-03-17 19:51|| Front Page Top

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