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| Ralph Peters: It's delusional to think China is going to help us with NORK problem |
| 2017-07-06 |
| [Right Scoop] Ralph Peters made it pretty clear this morning that anyone who thinks that China is actually going to help with the N. Korea problem is delusional. He said they’ve never done it before and given the choice now between American good will and the N. Korean regime, China will ALWAYS choose N. Korea. Peters points out that China doesn’t see N. Korea as a problem, but rather as a "very valuable ally" during both peace and war. In fact he argues that China likes that the US is focused and distracted by the Korean peninsula, so that they can make mischief elsewhere. China will never help us and he hopes that Trump is finally coming around to realizing this with this latest tweets on the issue: |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #6 given the choice now between American good will and the N. Korean regime, China will ALWAYS choose N. Korea. True. But more than American good will was involved in the offer. Stuff like a nuclear-armed Japan, missile defense systems with radars that can peer into China, some trade action, military assistance to countries like Japan and Viet Nam that are worried about Chinese expansion, chaos at the NKor-China border if something jumps off. The Chinese have gotten a lot of mileage out of their vicious little pet. Trump's negotiation is in one sense a test of how much future value the Chinese place on that. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2017-07-06 14:45 |
| #5 Delay or close down entirely, shipping from China to the Ports of Long Beach and Savannah. Can't understand why this wasn't done a long, long time ago unless it has something to do with all the corporations that make big bucks selling cheap plastic crap from China. They'd scream bloody murder but some of those jobs might start finding their way back to America. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2017-07-06 12:26 |
| #4 I do believe in giving the Chinese the choice to be part of the global community or allied with North Korea before we take action. They have the opportunity to save face and save their economy and may just piss it away, but the opportunity is there. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2017-07-06 11:36 |
| #3 Any different than the last administration who believed that the Muslim Brotherhood would help with the jihad problem? /rhet question Yes, for reasons that are long in explanation and you wouldn't want to hear about them. /non-rhetorical answer |
| Posted by: Pappy 2017-07-06 11:09 |
| #2 Any different than the last administration who believed that the Muslim Brotherhood would help with the jihad problem? /rhet question |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2017-07-06 09:30 |
| #1 This is a typical Russian-China proxy action. All NORK hardware comes from these bastids or Pakistan. Take it to them. Delay or close down entirely, shipping from China to the Ports of Long Beach and Savannah. Provide Japan and South Korea a nuclear capability. Continue to strengthen ties with Poland and other former Soviet satellite states. Bolster ties with India. Sell Europe more LNG and crude oil, undercutting Russian prices. Increase the Political-Military footprint in key African states. Target for destruction Iranian troops in Syria. Oh, we're already doing that, ok then please continue and add the reactivation of the 'Northern No Fly Zone' to Iraq to non-Iraqi aircraft. Put a U.S. tactical fighter squadron at Al Sahra Airfield (the old Camp Speicher) near Tikrit, Iraqi. Initiate additional actions as required. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2017-07-06 05:57 |