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China-Japan-Koreas
North Korea's Next Dare
2015-09-17
What Is Coming—and What to Do About It

By Sung-Yoon Lee and Joshua Stanton
A superb explanation of the "Pyongyang Playbook": the use of intimidation, provocation and seeming concessions that put and keep North Korea in the driver's seat in its relations with the rest of the world. Recommended.
Posted by:Steve White

#2  Its either the Korean Peninsula be NUCLEARIZED, or else NOKOR find a way to stave China off until such time that Radical Islam e.g. ISIS/ISIL + other can attack + destabilize China.

FYI, China Perts on WMF are roughly arguing most or same thing ...
> US-CHINA WAR OVER TAIWAN = TAIWAN STRAIT.
> MAJOR CHINA-JAPAN WAR over Senkakus = Lessor East China Sea islands, resources, + even Okinawa Archipelago = A-L-L Southern islands NOT linked to Japanese Mainland.
> MAJOR CHINA-PH/ASEAN WAR, + by extens US-China War? over South China Sea.
> BORDER ACTIONS/WARS, from Uighurs, ETIM, + Xinjiang = West China; to India-Pak + Himalaya States; + China-vs-Russia over Mongolia + RFE; East Asia-wide War Refugees = Diasporas.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2015-09-17 02:06  

#1  Again, CHINA is unlikely to support any efforts toward de facto INTER-KOREAN INTEGRATION + FINAL REUNIFICATION unless it gets back TAIWAN, + even iff it did get back Taiwan will likely demand certain Anti-US, Pro-China or Neutral conditions or restrictions be emplaced in SOKOR or a reunified Korea before final Reunification can occur. DEMANDS BY CHINA FOR A MINIMAL OR NO US MIL PRESENCE ON OKINAWA [Philippines = Northern PH/Luzon], + RETURN/HANDOVER OF THE SENKAKU, YONAGUNI ISLANDS SHOULD ALSO BE EXPECTED FROM CHINA VEE JAPAN.

China desires the above to help protect its new PLA CENTCOM in Taiwan.

Again II, NO RETURN OF TAIWAN TO CHINA = CHINA IS LIKELY TO FORMALLY ANNEX NORTH KOREA FIRST BEFORE IT ALLOWS ANY REUNIFICATION WID SOUTH KOREA.

Assaid before, its may actually be in the US-Allies' interests for NOKOR = TWO KOREAS? to
SSSSHHHH .... CCCCCC have [Anti-China, NOKOR-only controlled] Nukes in order to facilitate de facto Inter-Korean Reunification wid or widout China's assent.

THE MAHA-RUSHIAN QUESTIONNE' THEN BECOMES "CAN PUDGY/KJU = KIM DYNASTY-REGIME BE TRUSTED WID NUKES, I.E. NOT TO DO ANYTHING STUPID THAT WILL END UP KILLING NOKOR, BOTH KOREAS, + EVERYBODY".

NUKULAAR NOKOR = NUKULAAR IRAN VEE P5+1 DEAL???

* FYI DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > PHILIPPINES: BATAAN NUCLEAR PLANT [40-plus years old] WILL TAKE YEARS TO REHAB: HOUSE COMMITTE TOLD [PH Congress].

PH NEED NUKES [Japan-style? NucMat quick-conversion from NucEnergy to NucBombs] TO DETER OR COUNTER CHINA???


Posted by: JosephMendiola   2015-09-17 01:46  

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