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2009-09-03 China-Japan-Koreas

Peace-Mission 2009: A Military Scenario Beyond Central Asia

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Posted by 3dc 2009-09-03 01:29|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 If Russia and China invade North Korea, South Korea will probably jump in. The question here is whether Uncle Sam jumps in on South Korea's side. We do have a mutual defense treaty with South Korea, but as far as I can tell, anything north of the DMZ isn't South Korea. At the same time, the idea of China and Russia divvying up North Korea positively reeks.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2009-09-03 09:54|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2009-09-03 09:54|| Front Page Top

#2 I dunno how bad it reeks, but wouldn't it turn into a race to set borders? Surely the DPRK would attack the South in some way, prompting a counterstrike, which we'd certainly aid as another "peacekeeping" initiative.

Still, you'd think the Russians would learn, eventually, about trying to pacify hostile non-slav neighbors. They have a spotty track record on that score.

Posted by Halliburton - Mysterious Conspiracy Division 2009-09-03 10:34|| 2009-09-03 10:34|| Front Page Top

#3 It would be fun to watch the Russians and Chinese occupy North Korea. I imagine it would be an unpleasant task. They are tough fellows over there and if someone, anyone, armed them (say Taiwan or even Israel trying to counter Russian arming of their enemies) it could get really nasty.

Posted by rjschwarz 2009-09-03 17:53|| 2009-09-03 17:53|| Front Page Top

#4 I would suspect Russia and China would either (a) invade and put a trustworthy North Korean in charge so they could leave quickly or (b) Invade, crush the North Korea military and allow South Korea to take over occupation/absorbing. South Korea could then be moved into the Neutral column and any US forces removed allowing for more leeway when pressuring Japan or Taiwan. (c) or a combination of the two in which a Chinese/Russian puppet takes over North Korea with the intent to join the South in a decade or so once North Korea is viable and if South Korea plays ball.

Posted by rjschwarz 2009-09-03 17:58|| 2009-09-03 17:58|| Front Page Top

#5 What in the hell would China or Russia want with even 1 sq. mile of bizzaro world?

Posted by .5MT 2009-09-03 18:19|| 2009-09-03 18:19|| Front Page Top

#6 More than likely, there'd be reports that 80-percent of the population had died "of starvation".

Posted by Pappy 2009-09-03 21:49|| 2009-09-03 21:49|| Front Page Top

#7 .5MT, I dunno, they're the main supporters of Bizarro World now.

Y'know, I'll bet if the Germans conquered the place and had swastika-armbanded guards feeding people into crematoria alive, the world would be upset.

But Russia and China get a local proxy together who talks about how he's gonna do such a wonderful goddamn job of both feeding the country and fighting off the fascist Americans, while the country starves to death at about the same rate as the Nazis would achieve killing untermenschen, and everyone else talks about "eh, it's bizarro world, who cares?"

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2009-09-03 22:23|| 2009-09-03 22:23|| Front Page Top

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