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2004-07-16 China-Japan-Koreas

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Posted by Dragon Fly 2004-07-16 12:56|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Prepping for the push into Syria, no doubt.

Posted by Tibor 2004-07-16 2:22:00 PM|| 2004-07-16 2:22:00 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 ...or Iran.

The article mentions that 3,600 are being redeployed, which does not sound significant. (:ess than 10% of total strength in Korea)
What is that, about one brigade ?

Can some knowledgeable person tell me what the implications of that redeployment are ?

Posted by Carl in N.H 2004-07-16 2:32:29 PM|| 2004-07-16 2:32:29 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 rotation of troops and material is all it is.

Posted by Anonymous5764 2004-07-16 2:49:09 PM|| 2004-07-16 2:49:09 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 going full speed into syria would be a huge waste of resources..defang iran and syria will fall in line, they will have no choice...but if they do not withdrawl from lebbanon that could change..

Posted by Dan 2004-07-16 3:12:13 PM|| 2004-07-16 3:12:13 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Information regarding the transfer of the 2nd Infantry Division's 2nd Brigade can be found at:

http://kalaniosullivan.com/KunsanAB/8thFW/Howitwasb11e1_b.html#Relocation

(Mr. Kalani O'Sullivan, an ex-pat and former USAF maintenace officer who lives in Kunsan, runs this web site. I consider it to be "required reading" by all those seriously interested in the situation in Korea.)

Posted by Michael Sheehan 2004-07-16 5:13:09 PM|| 2004-07-16 5:13:09 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Iran is the target.

Has a strong internal insurgency potential.
Has had a non-islamic government in the recent past.
Has a large middle class.
Has a large dissident population.
Has a government that is becoming more and more gestapo like.

And look what the US has done geopolitically:
Iraq to the west: gone.
Turkey to the NW: In the US corner now that France has screwed them over.
Azerbaijaan: US trainign forces there.
Pakistan: US Ally
Afghanistan: US Ally and US forces deployed.
Kyrgyzia and Uzbekistan: US basing forces there.

Not too many friends left in the region for Iran.

US forces on every border.

Hmm.

Something to think about.

Posted by OldSpook 2004-07-16 7:33:53 PM|| 2004-07-16 7:33:53 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 I wonder when the US goes in to take out the Mullahs, if Iran (and maybe Iraq) will be allowed to fragment into constituent ethnic territories (Persian, Azeri, Kurd, whatnot)?
Ethnic map

Posted by ed 2004-07-16 8:09:21 PM|| 2004-07-16 8:09:21 PM|| Front Page Top

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