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2015-10-20 China-Japan-Koreas

The looming military showdown in the South China Sea: Gertz

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Posted by Blossom Unains5562 2015-10-20 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 If the locals haven't learned yet that they are one their own they haven't been paying attention.

The Japanese Naval buildup shows they get it, but I wouldn't count on them mixing it up with China over the South China sea.

Posted by rjschwarz 2015-10-20 15:46|| 2015-10-20 15:46|| Front Page Top

#2 " Japanese naval Buildup ... But I wouldn't count on them mixing it up wid China over the SCS" > I doubt it matters, #1 - there is still little or no sign that CHINA will amend, delay, or give up its "post-US" Geopol ambitions = "Manifest Destiny" as future East Asia's/Asia's + World #1.
IMO IT IS CHINA THAT WILL GO AFTER JAPAN, NOTSOMUCH JAPAN GOING AFTER CHINA.

* FYI see RELATED DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > KOWTOWING TO BEIJING: US [POTUS Obama] OFFICIALLY REFUSES TO DEPLOY [any Large or Major USN, Coalition] FLEET TO SOUTH CHINA SEA, as opposed to a Single Warship or Very Few Warships.

* SAME > [Martin Jacques] THE GUARDIAN: CHINA RISING AS US DECLINES, BRITAIN CAN'T IGNORE THIS REALITY.

Year 2030 = China's Econ projected to be 2X that of the US.

Yuuup.

Looks like My Ancestors = 1960's-1970's Guam Taotamonas are once again on the Money, on how MAJOR/DECISIVE CHANGES IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS + STRATEGIC BALANCE OF POWER-TERROR SANK-N-CAPSIZED THE USN PEARL HARBOR BB USS "OKLAHOMA" = GUAM + KEY PACIFIC ISLANDS AS THE FACADIAL-SOON-TO-BE-DE-FACTO "WEAK/DECLINING" US [Self?] RETREATS ACROSS THE PACIFIC VEE CHINA + NUCLEAR ISLAM, ESPEC CHINA.

The Ghosts-Spirits of My Deceased Grandparents + Great-Grandparents, ETAL. knew about XI + QUEEN LIZ.

Year 2030 = Presuming, of course, that Guam, World-witnessed MOON EXPLOSIONS don't send any LARGE PIECES/CHUNKS OF TERRA LUNA towards Earth.

I'd like to blame Sexy Slinky MOON GODDESS-BABE ARTEMIS [Diana], but I'm in the mood to blame Sexy Slinky GODDESS GEEK-BABE ATHENA instead.

Sorry, its Wednesday.

lol.

Arise, US-born, US-raised, UK Queen Madonna, Arise!

* JAPAN TIMES > US DEPLOYS ADVANCED MISSLE DEFENSE SHIP ["AEGIS" = ARLEIGH BURKE-class USS "BENFORD"] TO JAPAN.

* WORLD MILITARY FORUM > PEOPLE'S DAILY ONLINE: EXPERT YIN ZHUO ON CCTV: US LIKELY TO DEPLOY "ARLEIGH BURKE" CLASS "AEGIS" BMD DESTROYER TO THE SOUTH CHINA SEA, AS OPPOSED TO A LIGHTER LCS.

Or a NIMTZ-class CVN CVBG, or TWO or FOUR???

Dare the Bammer may be hell-bent on defending the PH + Vietnam, ASEAN in the SCS by sending one to JAPAN instead???

* SAME > NEW YORK TIMES: WHAT FOOTHOLD DOES OBAMA [US] HAVE IN SOUTH CHINA SEA? NONE.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2015-10-20 23:27|| 2015-10-20 23:27|| Front Page Top

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