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| 'China can join coalition forces in Afghanistan' |
| 2008-11-15 |
| The Chinese forces can join coalition forces in Afghanistan, a private TV channel quoted British PM Gordon Brown as saying on Friday. According to the channel, Brown told New York's Council on Foreign Relations that China sending troops in Afghanistan was a possibility. He said he believes nations not currently involved in fighting will likely join the mission, adding all nations see Afghanistan as a frontline in the fight against terrorism. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #9 At least, thanks to Bill Clinton, they're warfighting technology will be familiar to us.... |
| Posted by: Uncle Phester 2008-11-15 14:12 |
| #8 If China send troops, that reduces the pressure on the EU countries to do what they weren't going to do anyway. Then, too, it would be so much easier for China to take sponsorship of the Taliban away from Pakistan if there were a convenient place for meetings. Not that I'd want to suggest China would ever think such a thing; after all, China has never thought such a thing so many other places. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-11-15 13:38 |
| #7 Gordo doesn't get to vote. |
| Posted by: ed 2008-11-15 12:23 |
| #6 What's in it for the Chicoms? A potential monopoly on opium poppies, with high demand in these depressive times and global markets beckoning. |
| Posted by: Thealing Borgia 122 2008-11-15 12:04 |
| #5 What's in it for the Chicoms? A way to pester India? A forward base against all the muzzies on China's border? A place to give their troops some actual combat experience? Welcome to camp, Mr. Hu. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2008-11-15 11:35 |
| #4 be a good way too see how the chinese military does in situtaions if they actual got into the fight. O fcourse there are no teling human violations they could commit and it WOULD be blamed on the US |
| Posted by: chris 2008-11-15 10:59 |
| #3 A land route through China would be very long and over almost non-existent roads in that narrow salient of Afghan territory to the Chinese border. This may be a step toward leaving Afghanistan for the regional powers to fight over. India already has a presence there. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2008-11-15 04:54 |
| #2 WORLD MIL FORUM > VARIOUS POSTER THREADS on China's comparative advantages vee USA [Taiwan], INDIA, RUSSIA [Russ FE], + VIETNAM/SE ASIAN NATIONS [Vietnam's econ ready to collapse]. Taken collectively, it tells me Chin Posters are WORRYIN' + FEARIN' ABOUT ONE OR MORE WAR(S) POTENTIALLY BREAKING OUT IN ASIA. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-11-15 00:39 |
| #1 Good - a new potential land supply route not through Pakiwakiland. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2008-11-15 00:24 |