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2012-05-17 Europe
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Posted by Fred 2012-05-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [336073 views ]  Top

#1 ION NOT-SPAIN-OR-ETA, CHINA DAILY FORUM > IRELAND + BRITAIN THINKING OF LEAVING EU FOR GOOD:VOICE OF RUSSIA [VOR] | IRELAND + BRITAIN PONDER MEMBERSHIP IN CRISIS-HIT EU.

and

* SAME > EUROPE FACES POTENTIAL BREAKUP OF SINGLE-CURRENCY UNLESS IT TAKES URGENT ACTION TO DEAL WID EURO [Eurodollar] CRISIS: UK PM DAVE CAMERON.

* SAME > GERMANS CAN'T FATHOM [mainstream + popular]US AVERSION TO OBAMA'S [universal]HEALTHCARE REFORM.

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Meanwhile, not to be outdone by the White Devils as per Ultimata ...

* TOPIX > [The Age = Australia] CHINESE OFFICIAL: ITS US OR AMERICA,

ARTIC = In LR, AUS must choose China or the US, one but not the other or both, to be its "Godfather" in geopol = world affairs; AUS = MUST BE EITHER A "SON OF THE US", OR A "SON OF CHINA".

Methinks the Chinese Official meant "Godson", not "Son"???

As likely due to ...

* TOPIX > CHINESE ANGER AT [new permanent?] US BASE IN AUSTRALIA. US Marines in Darwin.

AFAIK the Aussies have said there will be no permanent, "sole" US, or large US Mil presence allowed in their country, BUT CHINA APPARENTLY THINKS OTHERWISE???

* FYI TOPIX > BEIJING USING "SOFT STICK" APPROACH AGZ MANILA IN CHINA SEA DISPUTE.

Aka "Soft Escalation", ee soft-but-firm.

* SAME > [PHIL Foreign Ministry] PREPARE TO MAKE SACRIFICES, FILIPINOS ARE TOLD.

* SAME > [People's Army Daily] CHINA CANNOT TOLERATE PHILIPPINES ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES IN CHINESE TERRITORY.

* SAME > CHINA'S FIRST DEEP-WATER, LNG PIPE-LAYER SETS SAIL.

* SAME > XAYABUR DAM [Laos] MAY LEAVE MEKONG REGION [Govts-Nations] BOILING OVER. Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, + Vietnam.

* SAME, INDIAN DEFENCE FORUM > US SUBMARINE [Nuclear SSN] ARRIVES NEAR SCARBOROUGH SHOAL | NUCLEAR-POWERED FAST ATTACK US SUBMARINE DOCKS IN SUBIC.

"VIRGINIA"-class SSN USS "NORTH CAROLINA", aka SNN #777.

ALL IN ALL, SCS SIGNS STILL TELLS ME THAT CHINA IS INDEED SLOWLY BUT STEADILY ESCALATING FOR WAR AGZ MANILA, OR AT LEAST A MAJOR MIL INCIDENT, + GETTING READY TO "POLITELY" SINK THE PHIL COAST GUARD OR WHATEVER MANILA THINKS IT HAS TO THROW AT IT.
Posted by JosephMendiola 2012-05-17 01:37||   2012-05-17 01:37|| Front Page Top

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