Article

2009-07-22 Southeast Asia

Archived material is restricted to Rantburg regulars and members. If you need access email fred.pruitt=at=gmail.com with your nick to be added to the members list. There is no charge to join Rantburg as a member.

Posted by Steve White 2009-07-22 10:55|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 HILLARY has her Asian diplomacy duties cut out for her, as below

* WMF [paraph] > JAPANESE MIL OCCUPATION OF THE DAOYUS ISLANDS MEANS CHINA [PLAN] WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SEND ITS SHIPS AROUND. Strategic/Sea Denial of PLAN; + PLANNED INTEGRATION OF US, JAPANESE DEFENSE MECHANISMS VIA THE US-JAPAN SECURITY TREATY AND US "NUCLEAR UMBRELLA" [read, GMD-TMD] POSES A STRATEGIC THREAT TO CHINA; + THE CHINESE ARMY [ i.e. PLAN] TWICE CROSSED OVER THE RYUKYUS ISLANDS OF JAPAN [06/19,, 06/25 = OKINOTORI Islands = Islets north of Guam-Marianas NORPAC]. "JAPAN BARRIER" circumvented???

And lastly, SAME > JAPAN IRRITATED AT "FREQUENT ACCESS" OF CHIN PLAN TO "FIRST ISLAND CHAIN"
[ ARTIC > also 2nd CHAIN as both 1st, 2nd Island Chains = "STRING OF PEARLS" include SOVEREIGN JAPANESE ISLANDS/TERRITORY AS BENCHMARKS.

Lest we fergit, CHIN also has RISING TENSIONS wid VIETNAM oer, to wit:

* PROPOSED BASING OF INDIA'S AIRCRAFT CARRIER, OTHER INDIAN NAVAL SHIPS in Vietnam. Read, close to CHINA.
* VIETNAM'S MIL PAN-MODERNIZATION > purchase of top-of-the-line Western milsys.
* "SHELF DIPLOMACY/WARFARE/GEOPOL" = EXTENS OF VIETNAMESE SOVEREIGNTY TO THE LIMITS OF ITS CONTINENTAL SHELF, + DISPUTED CHIN SEAS ISLANDS.
* VIETNAM, WESTERN COOPER on ENERGY, RESOURCES EXPLORATION IN GULF OF TONKIN + CHINA SEAS.
Read, RESOURCES DENIAL to CHINA + INTERNAT MIL PROTECTION OF VIETNAM.
* POSSIBLE DENIAL TO CHINA BY VIETNAM OF RIGHTS TO CAM RANH BAY, ETC. VIET HARBORS [but not other major World Powers].

NUTSHELL > CHINA will have to change its milpol = strategic focii from ASIA-PACIFIC to CENASIA, ME, + EUROZONE [read, NOT ASIA NOR CHINA; sub-read, HUNS + MONGOLS].

Posted by JosephMendiola">JosephMendiola 2009-07-22 20:20|| NA]">[NA] 2009-07-22 20:20|| Front Page Top

23:47 SteveS
23:34 BH
23:14 gorb
22:48 GirlThursday
22:47 CrazyFool
22:39 Besoeker
22:29 GirlThursday
22:28 Besoeker
22:27 badanov
22:20 M. Murcek
22:17 badanov
22:14 tipper
22:11 Halliburton - Mysterious Conspiracy Division
21:20 Hellfish
21:20 AzCat
21:18 AzCat
21:17 Frank G
21:14 Frank G
21:09 Broadhead6
21:04 OldSpook
20:44 Mullah Richard
20:33 no mo uro
20:24 Glenmore
20:20 JosephMendiola