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2010-12-20 China-Japan-Koreas

Nork bluff called - SKor Live Fire Drill Commence. Nork silent

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Posted by Frank G 2010-12-20 08:42|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Heh... the puppet blinked.

Posted by DarthVader 2010-12-20 11:44|| 2010-12-20 11:44|| Front Page Top

#2 So the South gave the North years and years of sunshine policy, and all the Norks had to pay for it was one called bluff?

Posted by gorb 2010-12-20 12:42|| 2010-12-20 12:42|| Front Page Top

#3 HMMMM, HMMMM, personally I'm NOT convinced - I believe KIMMIE + PYONGYANG/REGIME BOYZ would like to wait and see iff BEIJING = CHINA will accept a POTENT INTERNATIONAL ECON PRESENCE IN NORTH KOREA ala VIETNAM [Russia, India, US, Japan, Israel, EU?].

Again, IMO China may be willing to accept such a potent or major, high-profile foreign econ influence in NOKOR + KOREAN PENINSULA, but-t-t in exchange for the formal end of USFK, USFJ, + UNC Commands, i.e. massive redux iff not total withdrawal of mostly US Conventional, Nuclear Milfors, MIssles, etc. from SOUTH KOREA + JAPAN [Taiwan?].

DON'T BE SURPRISED IFF CHIN ALSO DEMANDS TO SET UP MILITARY, TRADE FACILX = "WARM WATER PORTS" IN SAME.

* CINESE MILITARY FORUM > NORTH KOREA REFRAINS FROM [military]RETALIATION AFTER SOUTH KOREAN ARTILLERY DRILL, warning that ANY HOSTILITIES BETWEEN DPRK-ROK MAY "SPIRAL OUT-OF-CONTROL".

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* ION PEOPLES DAILY FORUM > CHINA WARNS OF ESCALATING ARMS RACE IN REGION. Beijing is criticizing JAPAN'S NEW MIL INVESTMENTS, DEFENSE POLICY as having the realistic potential to fundamentally ALTER THE BALANCE OF POWER IN NE ASIA = EAST? ASIA, e.g. Japan's decision to procure PATRIOT-III'S + its deep interest in BMD-CAPABLE AEGIS NAVMILSYS, as part of JAPAN-SPECIFIC NATIONAL MISSLE DEFENSE WHICH CHIN CONSIDERS AS [regionally]DESTABILZING + IRESPONSIBLE AS A MATTER OF JAPAN GOVT. CHOICE + POLICY.

* CHINESE MILITARY FORUM > CHINA TO ESTABLISH PERMANENT SENKAKU PATROLS, via deployment, new contrux of large PLA ARMED FISHERY PATROL VESSELS.

IOW, "DUAL-USE" CONVERTED DESTROYERS + related DEDICATED COMMERCIAL = "EX-PLA/PLAN" GUNBOATS.

And SOUTH KOREA? TAIWAN? PHILIPPINES? SOUTH CHINA SEA?

* CHINESE MILITARY FORUM > ADMIRAL ZHENG-HE [aka Zheng/Zhong-He/Ye] DISCOVERED THE PHILIPPINES + OTHER ASIAN NATIONS BEFORE WHITES [Spain, Dutch = Euros].

Posted by JosephMendiola 2010-12-20 20:32|| NA 2010-12-20 20:32|| Front Page Top

#4 Will WASHINGTON, DC + SEOUL + TOKYO + TAIWAN + MOSCOW agree to the above???

* ION WMF > JAPANESE MISSLE DEFENSE SHIELD, MILITARY BUILDUP IN DEFENSE OF THE DAOYUS + TAIWAN COULD LEAD TO [US-vs-China]SECOND KOREAN WAR BY 2012, NOT 2020. THREAT OF JAPANESE
"NUCLEAR IMPERIALISM" IN EAST ASIA.

* WAFF > WIKILEAKS: CHINA'S GDP IS "MAN-MADE" + UNRELIABLE. IOW, 'Tis a Govt-made, covert, "artifical bubble" that can blow up in Chin's face at any time.

* SAME > CHINA STARTS THE MASSIVE HYDROPOWER PROJECTS IN XIZANG SOON.

D *** NG IT, "DAMS, DAMS, EVERYWHERE THERE ARE DAMS ... CAN YOU SEE THE DAMS" ["SIGNS" song'].

"SINK THE TIRPITZ, SINK THE TIRPITZ" [Bismarck], in the China Fjords, courtesy of 1960-70's GUAM TAOTAMONAS + 2010 SECDEF GATES' SUB COMMANDO GIRLZ.

* CHINESE MIL FORUM > [UK] LABOUR PEER: SELL ARMS TO CHINA { UK FOREIGN MINISTER WILIAM HAGUE SAS THE GOVT. HAS "NO PLANS TO LIFT THE ARMS EMBARGO AGZ CHINA".

ARTIC > EU "Foreign Minister" Baroness Cathy Ashton: "EUROPE IS NO LONGER THE MAIN STRATEGIC PREOCCUPATION OF THE US ... THE US WILL MOVE AWAY FROM THE EU UNLESS THE EU CAN BECOME MORE INFLUENTIAL [vee CHINA + ASIA = NEW US FOCII].

Posted by JosephMendiola 2010-12-20 21:00|| 2010-12-20 21:00|| Front Page Top

#5 DAILY TIMES.PK > JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA SIGN CIVILIAN NUCLEAR DEAL [future Techs + Equipment-sharing].

ARTIC sub-read > [future]SOUTH KOREAN NUCLEAR WEAPONS???

* DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > FIRST UNMANNED AIRCRAFT DESIGNATED AS CARRIER-BORNE STRIKE FIGHTER [XB-47B UCAS-D].

* SAME > CHINA WARNS POSSIBLE KOREAS CLASH COULD HARM REGION.

* WMF > PLA GENERAL LUO YUAN: USA IS SOUTH KOREA'S "BOSS/MASTER" WHOM WILL NOT ALLOW SEOUL TO WAGE NEW WAR AGZ NORTH KOREA WHILE US SOLDIERS REMAIN COMMITTED TO FIGHTING MILITANTS IN AFPAK.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2010-12-20 23:44|| 2010-12-20 23:44|| Front Page Top

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