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2006-10-12 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

"We're Writing Pyongyang, But We're Thinking Tehran"

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Posted by ryuge 2006-10-12 07:31|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Iran are in cahoots with North Korea to take the limelight off them.

Need to cut off the funding from Iran/China to North Korea and they will collapse internally.

Iran on the other hand is needed by Russia/China!!!

Posted by Cheregum Crelet7867 2006-10-12 11:36|| 2006-10-12 11:36|| Front Page Top

#2 Iran is a completely different matter. In the first place, Moscow is on track to retain the victory wreath in the struggle for the spot in the sun in Iranian atomic energy.

Hey Sergey, be careful what you wish for, you might well get some Iranian sunshine in Moscow...

Another important thing is partnerships in military technology.

Hmm, well let's see; Japan starts to really ramp up its defence industry in response to Kimmyboys curry-fart, some joint win-win projects with the US get initiated and then there's an 'incident' in Iran - well, your PoS stuff is going to look laughable...

Oh and please everyone, just click through, that guy's expression (and very trendy jumper) is sooo intellectual.

Posted by Tony (UK) 2006-10-12 17:58|| 2006-10-12 17:58|| Front Page Top

#3 Russians love the Strongman, right up to the point he starts killing them by the millions.

Posted by ed 2006-10-12 18:15|| 2006-10-12 18:15|| Front Page Top

#4 #2: "Oh and please everyone, just click through, that guy's expression (and very trendy jumper) is sooo intellectual"

I did, Tony. ROFLMAO! :-D

What an idiot.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2006-10-12 18:58|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html] 2006-10-12 18:58|| Front Page Top

#5 The Japanese have a new PM {Abe} is very pro-western, pro-defense, and wants a reinterpretation/rewrite of the constitutional section dealing with the Japanese military. He now has the spectre of dozens of Hirosimas to focus the Japanese psyche with, and the Japanese contempt for the Koreans to help him out. Remember, that Japan occupied all of Korea for the first half of the 20th century, and considered the Koreans nasty, dirty little people only fit for the worst kinds of manual labor.
Now that the NKors have demonstrated even a fizzled nuke, the Japanese will be focused on how to defend themselves against this threat. Expect the Japanese to start "creatively interpreting" their constitutional limits on the military, very soon. Also watch how quickly the US ABM shield expands over the Pacific Basin, with the Japanese building compatible radars on any island they can.

Posted by Shieldwolf 2006-10-12 22:10|| 2006-10-12 22:10|| Front Page Top

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