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China-Japan-Koreas |
Pivot to the Pacific: What are the Practical and Global Implications? |
2013-01-31 |
Report from the US Naval Institute's WEST 2013 conference. |
Posted by:Besoeker |
#2 The US will either remain as Global El Supremo, or it won't. I am reminded of FOX NEWS' "THE FIVE'S" GUTFIELD = IIRC opined that the most important POTUS Elex is the next one in 2016, BECAUSE IT WILL BE GIVEN IN CHINESE - "... ... THINK ABOUT THAT, AMERICA"! * GLOBAL TIMES [old] > THE US [historically routinely] VIOLATES CHINA'S MARITIME RIGHTS, SAY EXPERTS. RELATED TOPIX = US INTENDS TO ISOLATE CHINA TO EAST ASIA COASTS [ + littorals]. * TOPIX > [Forbes] ITS TIME TO END JAPAN'S DEFENSE DEPENDENCY ON THE UNITED STATES. RELATED BIG NEWSNETWORK > JAPAN'S PM [Shinzo Abe] TELLS PARLIAMENT [Diet] HE INTENDS TO CHANGE THE COUNTRY'S POST-WAR [1945] CONSTITUTION. * SAME > [Tehran Times] SENKAKUS/DIAOYUS - ANOTHER "FALKLANDS"? Whom is the UK, i.e. capabilities or lack thereof, versus whom is Argentina??? * SAME > US ARMY STILL HAS KEY ROLE IN ASIA "PIVOT". IMO Guam's new utility is that as a node not only for Prompt Strike Global Strike + SpaceStrike, but as for conventional US Army-Marines RRF/RDFS + SPECOPS coming from CONUS [contingency = crisis base], notsomuch anymore for the USN albeit it may still be used by the USN for temporary Naval Resupply + MWR. GUAM = "OTHER KWAJALEIN" FOR THE US ARMY = GROUND FORCES + RAPID DEPLOYMENT??? The Fed Sector will continue to shrink until either Guam becomes a de facto full US State, or Guam becomes a de facto full Independent Nation. Lest we fergit, USDOD = NOTHING BUT PEACEKEEPING + MINOR CONFLICTS THRU YEAR 2050 IFF NOT YEAR 2100. [1960'S = post-Millenial/Y2000 JHSV = NOT-THE-WHITE-SHIPS-OF-THE-CHINESE-PLAN here]. * DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > HIDDEN AGENDA BEHIND AMERICA'S WAR ON AFRICA: CONTAINING CHINA BY FIGHTING AL-QAEDA. ARTIC > SecState Nominee JOHN KERRY = argued that "CHINA IS ALL OVER AFRICA ... THE US HAS TO FIND A WAY TO GET IN [simil enter the Markets]". * WORLD MILITARY FORUM > JAPANESE SCHOLAR: IFF CHINA DEPLOYS 60% OR MORE OF PLA IN VARIOUS OVERSEAS OPERATIONS, CAN THE SUPERPOWER US ACCEPT OR TOLERATE IT? * SAME > LUO YUAN: SINO-JAPANESE MILITARY CONFLCIT OVER THE DIAOYUS [Senkakus] WILL LIKELY SPREAD TO BULK OF EAST-ASIA + PACIFIC RIM REGIONS. ONCE JAPAN FIRES THE FIRST SHOT, CHINA WILL BE JUSTIFIED TO USE ANY MEANS NECESSARY TO "FIGHT AND WIN" AGZ JAPAN OR AGZ BOTH THE US + JAPAN, ETC. * SAME > JAPAN'S YOMIURI SHIMBUN: CHINA'S LATEST TEST, DEPLOYMENT OF ITS OWN MISSLE DEFENSE SYSTEM IS A TOUGH RESPONSE TO US SUPPORT OF JAPAN IN DIAOYUS /SENKAKUS DISPUTE. CHINA SLOWLY BUT STEADILY IS NULLING OR OVERCOMING THE MILITARY ADVANTAGES OF THE US IN A SINO-JAPAN MILITARY CONFLICT. * BHARAT RAKSHAK, TOPIX > CHINA TO CONDUCT NAVAL DRILL IN PACIFIC AREAS [ Yellow Sea + East China Sea to WESTPAC/East PHIL Sea] AMID DISPUTES ON MARITIME TERRITORY. VERSUS * TOPIX > 22 SIGNS THAT BARACK OBAMA IS TRANSFORMING AMERICA INTO A LARGER VERSION OF NORTH KOREA. USA = "Sole" Independent "DPRK", or China-dominated Vassal-State "DPRK"??? |
Posted by: JosephMendiola 2013-02-01 00:00 |
#1 Aside from a couple obvious howlers, they covered the demographics fairly well... |
Posted by: Pappy 2013-01-31 21:31 |