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China-Japan-Koreas
U.S. Experts 'Believe N.Korea Sank the Cheonan'
2010-05-17
U.S. experts taking part in the investigation into the sinking of the South Korean Navy corvette Cheonan have done all they can and expect no new discoveries, a South Korean government source said Sunday.
It doesn't matter what the experts believe. It matters what the politicians do. The SKors have already demonstrated that they aren't going to start a war. As Pappy noted yesterday, it's the Pottery Barn problem: you break it, you own it, and the SKors don't want to own Nork-land. That means that, in the end, they'll tolerate a fair bit of aggression from their crazy cousins, and the cousins know it. Expect more provocations.
"So far we've been able to verify based on many pieces of evidence that the weapon used to sink the Cheonan was a torpedo, but we still have no conclusive evidence linking it to North Korea," the source said. "But the U.S. experts feel the results so far are enough to confirm that the culprit was North Korea and are satisfied with the better-than-expected results of the probe."

The investigative team apparently concluded that traces of explosives and aluminum debris found in the funnel and split section of the Cheonan are highly likely the same type used by former Eastern-bloc countries as well as North Korea in manufacturing torpedoes, and that the North is the only likely culprit given circumstantial evidence such as the movements of submarines around the time of the sinking.

The U.S. team of investigators, composed of 15 people including submarine experts, apparently agree with that conclusion.
Posted by:Steve White

#2  * ION SAME > INDIA: SAVE THE FORESTS FOR THE INVADING CHINESE. Contempor Sino-Indian competition for MIL STRATEGIC ROADS ALA TIBET, ARUNSCHAL PRADESH, which was appar NOT an INDJUN PRIORITY UNTIL AFTER DASTARDLY SINA BUILT THEIR OWN NEW MIL ROAD NETWORK.

"ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH" NOT-IN-COLORADO.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2010-05-17 19:56  

#1  STRATEGYPAGE > KOREA: THE NORTH SORT OFF SELLS OUT TO CHINA [Chin companies steadily taking over and improving Nokor companies, + asserting intensive econ control, influence oer DPRK].

IOW,MSM-NET > CHINA = CHIN COMPANIES are seemingly taking over many US-WESTERN companies to acquire the VITAL SKILLS, TECHS, ETC. WHICH CHIN SORELY NEEDS FOR ITSELF, + NOKORS DO NOT HAVE.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2010-05-17 19:49  

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