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2010-05-02 India-Pakistan

Indian experts warn of growing Chinese influence

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Posted by Steve White 2010-05-02 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 He noted that military muscle was a must before amassing wealth, and not even a single country in the world had done it the other way round.

He better go back to his history books.

This is shaping up like a replay of WWI. Except that this time we should really sit it out. The Chinese are bad, no question. But the Indians, like the Brits, while apparently a democracy, are no beauty either.

They need to reach a resolution themselves and it's not at all clear to me how we help. Or if we do, how we avoid getting sucked into a bigger briar patch than WWII and then NATO.

We need to avoid the mistake of Korea and spell out the trip lines very clearly. What goes on on the other side is up to them.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2010-05-02 07:08|| 2010-05-02 07:08|| Front Page Top

#2 "What did they [China] do even when they were poor and weak" > How many incidents or events in US-World History weren't supposed to occur, but did, according many of the Rationalists or Pragmatists?

* "RAMBO WEEK" ON TV > To paraph RAMBO - "THE MIND-HEART" [Soul, Spirit, etc.] IS THE BEST/ULTIMATE WEAPON", LEADERSHIP + GUMPTION + WILL TO DO, NOT THE GUN + NUKE + .......+ DEATH STAR.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2010-05-02 19:14|| 2010-05-02 19:14|| Front Page Top

#3 See also PAKISTANI DEFENCE FORUM > A CHINESE SUBCONTINENT [South Asia > no longer the proverbial "INDIAN SUBCONTINENT" OF HISTORY]

* GUAM PDN FORUMS > JAPAN WILL NOT SHOOT DOWN US-GUAM BOUND LR MISSLES. Nippon argues that JAPAN'S POST-WW2 CONSTITUTION, while allowing Japan to overtly defend or criticize the rights of its International Allies + World nations, + also mil defend JAPAN PROPER IN "SUFFICIENT" SELF-DEFENSE, DOES NOT ALLOW JAPAN TO DEV, DEPLOY SUPERIOR EFFEC MIL SYS BEYOND THE RESTRICTED/LIMITED SCOPE OF JAPAN-ONLY SELF-DEFENSE.

IOW, CONSTITUTIONALLY OR "LEGALLY" > JAPAN belivs it currently cannot interfere andor shootdown DRPK + PLA LR ICBMS FLYING OER ITS OWN AIRSPACE UNLESS JAPAN IS SPECIFICALLY TARGETED FOR MIL = NUKE ATTACK.

and

* WMF > NORTH KOREA'S NEW "FAST ATTACK SOUTH" WAR STRATEGY AGZ SOUTH KOREA CALLS FOR RAPID LIMITED OR PARTIAL CONQUEST OF THE SOUTH, ESPEC SEOUL AND SELECT URBAN, ECON TARGETS. PREEMPTIVE AIR, MISSLE "FIRST STRIKES" AGZ US, ROK, + JAPANESE AIRPOWER + KEY DEFENSES. FATAL WEAKNESS IS LACK OF FUEL FOR DPRK OFFENSIVE FORCES.

and

SAME > NEW DPRK WAR STRATEGY + FAILURE OF THE UN, US, + CHINA TO PUNISH NORTH KOREA OVER THE "CHEONAN" INCIDENT MAY LEAD SOUTH KOREA TO PRODUCE NUCLEAR WEAPONS.

versus

SAME > NORTH KOREA OPENS THE DOOR TO CHINESE TOURISM, ECONOMIC INVESTMENT.

** ION SAME > CHINA ANGRY AT ARMED NAVAL EXPULSION OF "FISHERY 311" VESSEL FROM NANSHA ISLANDS. MALAYSIA WARNED THAT PLAN WILL MIL PROTECT CHIN FISHING VESSELS/FLEETS, CLAIM OF SOVEREIGNTY OVER THE NANSHAS.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2010-05-03 00:11|| 2010-05-03 00:11|| Front Page Top

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