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2013-11-20 China-Japan-Koreas

Caroline Kennedy makes regal arrival for Japan post

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Posted by CrazyFool 2013-11-20 10:21|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 Caroline Kennedy arrived at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo Tuesday in an ornate, horse-drawn carriage -- befitting the Princess of Camelot's role as American royalty

I think I'm gonna be sick.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2013-11-20 11:39|| 2013-11-20 11:39|| Front Page Top

#2 Right up there with Greek columns to showcase the self identifying 'ruling class'.

Posted by Procopius2k 2013-11-20 11:59|| 2013-11-20 11:59|| Front Page Top

#3 as proof that light travels faster than sound, Caroline Kennedy appears bright until you hear her speak

Snark of the day with a bandaid for the victim.

Posted by Frank G 2013-11-20 13:32|| 2013-11-20 13:32|| Front Page Top

#4 ...and then she said, "Got any gum?"

Posted by tu3031 2013-11-20 14:09|| 2013-11-20 14:09|| Front Page Top

#5 "Where's the bar?"

Posted by Raj 2013-11-20 14:19|| 2013-11-20 14:19|| Front Page Top

#6 Better get home before midnight. That damned carriage will turn into organic waste if you are late.

Commodore Frank---that was world class snark!!!!

Posted by Alaska Paul 2013-11-20 16:09|| 2013-11-20 16:09|| Front Page Top

#7 Gilded carriage and drinking? what is this ,an audition for driving skills like her uncle????
(Pumpkin, its not your uncle's Oldsmobile)

Posted by USN, Ret. 2013-11-20 17:10|| 2013-11-20 17:10|| Front Page Top

#8 Pray hard + keep your fingers crossed that "Sweet Caroline" can find a mutually acceptable + PERMANENT SOLUTION to preventing Sino-Japanese war in the East China Sea aka NE Asia, as opposed to a PCorrect-Deniable temporary solution = "band aid" that merely delays Sino-Japanese or East Asia war, NOT prevents one.

There is no sign that "post-US", "Mahanist" China is giving up its desire for "sole" overseas PLA Milbases + strategic access into WESTPAC + far Pacific vee the First Islands Chain: nor is Japan giving up its sovereignty oer disputed islands + Okinawa - ditto as per the PHIL, etal. in South China Sea. AS WID ANY GREAT POWER OR WANNABE IN HISTOIRE', CHINA AS THE WORLD'S SELF-PERCEIVED ONE-N-ONLY SUCCESSOR TO THE SUPERPOWER US ["Manifest Destiny"] IS UNLIKELY TO WAIT FOR ITS REAL OR ANTICIPATED RIVALS OR ANTAGONISTS TO GET TOO MILPOL STRONG IN RELATION TO ITSELF.

* IDRW.ORG > CHINA CLAIMS NEW H-18 [supersonic]STEALTH BOMBER IS ABLE TO REACH GUAM WID NUCLEAR WEAPONS.

Possibly also Hawaii wid LR TLCMS/ALCMS.

* WANT CHINA TIMES > [China-vs-USA] AREA IN DENIAL: WHO HAS THE CLOUT TO CLOSE OFF THE WESTERN PACIFIC.

* TOPIX > [English Dong-a Ilbo] CHINA'S GIANT PEARL NECKLACE.

SOKOR fears that widin 10 years, China's string of regional PLA Milbases will ultimately surround + prove effective in isolating South Korea = Korean Peninsula from the World, rendering the same all but completely irrelevant as per World affairs.

IIUC, IOW NORTH KOREA LOSES TO CHINA NOW, WHILE SOUTH KOREA LOSES TO CHINA CIRCA 2024.

ANOTHER REASON WHY THE TWO KOREAS [+ Japan?] NEED NUKES.

* CHINA DAILY FORUM > PHOENIX MILITARY DEFENSE COMMENTARY: EXPERTS CLAIM THAT IFF REPORTS OF PLA'S NEW H-18 LR SUPERSONIC STEALTH BOMBER ARE TRUE, THE BARRIERS OF THE "FIRST ISLAND CHAIN" ARE NOW RENDERED MEANINGLESS AS CHINA CAN NOW CHALLENGE US CONTROL OF THE WESTERN PACIFIC AS FAR AWAY AS GUAM, MARIANAS AND "SECOND ISLAND CHAIN".

Okinawa, Guam-CNMI, + Hawaii? no longer safe for intervening US Navy CVNS, USMC Gator AmphibFors, + USAF assets.

Artic also read, GUAM + CNMI NEED US MISSLE DEFENSE SYS.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2013-11-20 18:59|| 2013-11-20 18:59|| Front Page Top

#9 Good Lord even the Brits had he common sense to send the Adbicated ex-King Edward VIII to the Bahamas to get him out of the way. We send Caroline to a very major trade partner and Ally. She should have been sent to Mongolia.

Posted by Thraviter Angereck5682 2013-11-20 19:12|| 2013-11-20 19:12|| Front Page Top

#10 ...Just wondering: Princess Caroline's arrival in Japan couldn't have been delayed a few days until after the ~~gnashing of teeth and rending of clothes~~ ceremonies commemorating her father's passing?

Or was her entrance just too good an opportunity to pass up? After all, she didn't get her due a while back when she was the front runner for a Senate appointment until she opened her mouth. She probably figures the adulation and power is rightfully hers - a Kennedy, you know - and, well, Dad ain't getting any livelier. He'll keep. She has things to do. 2020, anyone?

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2013-11-20 21:15|| 2013-11-20 21:15|| Front Page Top

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