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2012-06-03 Southeast Asia
Defense secretary visits former U.S. base in Vietnam
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Posted by ryuge 2012-06-03 05:18|| || Front Page|| [2 views ]  Top

#1 From eternity, 58.267 brave men and women ask why?

Feckless, trouble making politicians, I despise them all!
Posted by Besoeker 2012-06-03 08:00||   2012-06-03 08:00|| Front Page Top

#2 Looks like a US showdown wid China is looming SOONER THAN LATER ...

To wit,

* CHINESE MILITARY FORUM > VIETNAM FRUSTRATED AS INDIA CHICKENS OUT |[Deccan Herald = Indjuh] BEATING A RETREAT.

Failed bilateral/joint Indo-Viet energy venture that has larger strategic = MilPol implications for Vietnam as per the disputed SCS???

* WORLD MIL FORUM > YIN ZHAO: US BUILDUP OF BASES IN ASIA-PACIFIC INCREASES LIKELIHOOD THAT CHINA WILL USE NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN WAR.

* SAME > JAPANESE MEDIA > CHINESE SHIPS [PLAN] HAVE NEVER NETURED THIS FAR/DEEP INTO THE PACIFIC [700-kms east of Okinotori Reef-Atoll close to waters of the US CNMI].

* SAME > EXPERTS: SOUTH CHINA SEA DISPUTES CAUSING CHINA TO STEADILY ALTER PLA'S STRATEGIC WAR DOCTRINE + US-CHINA-WAR SCENARIO OER TAIWAN FROM "ACTIVE DEFENSE" TO "DEEP OFFENSIVE/
STRIKE". TAIWAN WAR SCENARIO TO CHANGE INTO FULL-SCALE AIR, SEA, SPACE BATTLE FOR CONTROL OF THE OKINAWA-TAIWAN-PHILIPPINE TRIANGLE ["Dragon Triangle"]. NEW DOCTRINE ENVISIONS OFFENSIVE CHINA BLITZ AGZ TAIWAN PHILIPPINES, + EAST-SOUTH CHINA SEA ISLANDS. PREEMPTIVE OR FIRST-STRIKE USE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS TO SINK THE US NUCLEAR CARRIER + AGZ JAPAN.

HHHHMMM, HMMMMM, wehell, IIRC from the History Channel time back, the so-called "Dragon Triangle" [Asia's "Bermuda Triangle"] stemmed from Okinawa to PHIL to Guam-CNMI???

* TOPIX > [PHIL Star] > PHILIPPINE NAVY NEEDS P$5000BILYUHN TO UPGRADE War CAPABILITIES.

* CHINESE MILITARY FORUM > [Japan Times] ISHIHARA [intentionally?]RATTLES US SABRE AGZ CHINA.

ARTIC > ISHIHARA = claims that JAPAN IS WEAK IN NEARLY EVERY FIELD, INCLUDING THE ECON + DEFENSE.

* SAME > CHINA'S EXPANDING CORE ["Core/Strategic Interests"] IS WORRYING ITS ASIAN NEIGHBORS.
Posted by JosephMendiola 2012-06-03 19:57||   2012-06-03 19:57|| Front Page Top

#3 More ...

* DEFENCE FORUM INDIA > [Fox News]PANETTA URGES MORE US NAVAL ACCESS TO VIETNAM HARBOR.

POSTERS = remind that the US had major bases throughoutthe former South Vietnam of which Cam Ranh Bay is only one, e.g. Da Nang + around Saigon. PHIL, VIETNAM US BASES + RUSSIA, INDIA, JAPAN, ISLAMIC NATIONS' PRESENCE = CHINA WILL ALL ABSOLUTELY LOSE ITS CLAIMS IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEAS; CHINA MUST EITHER GIVE UP ITS CLAIMS, OR ELSE WAGE WAR.

* DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > PANETTA IS FIRST TOP US OFFICIAL SINCE WAR IN CAM RANH BAY.

* SAME > THE NEW GUAM DOCTRINE. Bammer/US-favored "Concert of Powers in Asia-Pacific".

ARTIC > denotes that for AUSTRALIA, EVERY AUS = OZ DEFENCE WHITE PAPER SINCE 1976, + prior 1969 NIXON/GUAM CONFERENCE, HAS BEEN A "POST-GUAM CONFERENCE" DOCUMENT.

* CHINESE MILITARY FORUM > US WIL BE BACK IN CAM RANH BAY, VIETNAM.

POSTER = opined that besides all of the US Navy's conventional force assets, e.f. Surface Warships, Aircraft Carriers, + Subs, THE OTHER MAJOR US THREAT TO THE REGION + CHINA WILL BE ALL OF THE NUCLEAR WEAPONS THE US WILL HAVE ON USN SHIPS ANDOR STORED IN ALLIED LAND BASES IN HOST COUNTRIES.

OTHER POSTER = opined that that is clear the US INTENDS TO CLAIM THE BASES ARE ONLY FOR RR/MWR PURPOSES BUT IN REALITY WILL BE USED TO MONITOR + "AMBUSH" PLAN SHIPS MANEUVERING/OPERAT IN THE SCS IN TIMES OF CONFRONTATION OR WAR.

* SAME >[Inquirer Global Nation = Global Filipino] "GREATER NUMBER" OF US WARSHIPS TO VISIT PHILIPPINES. PHIL Foreign Secretary Albert Del Rosario.

Also from INQUIRER GLOBAL NATION > US "PIVOT" MAY STIR ASIAN SENSITIVITIES; + ...
> SINGAPORE REVIEWS [Canada] LOGISTICS FACILTY PLAN IN SUPPORT OF US SHIFT.

The Mackenzies are coming, the Mackenzies are coming!?

> CHINA WON'T BE ALLOWED TO CONQUER SCARBOROUGH SHOAL, SAYS [Philippine]MILITARY OFFICIAL.
> "WE DON'T WANT ANOTHER COLD WAR IN ASIA".
Ex-PHIL Speaker Albert Venecia.

* CHINESE MIL FORUM > MANCHURIAN INDEPENDENCE GROUP SETS UP IN FACEBOOK.

* DAILY TIMES.PK > CHINA SAYS TO STEP VIGILANCE [but NOT Hard = Mil Retaliate] AFTER US NAVY SHIFT.

* TOPIX > [English Dong-A] SOUTH KOREA SHOULD GET NUCLEAR WEAPONS: REP. CHUNG.

* SAME > [News Kerala] IS TO IMPROVE TIES WID CHINA WHILE "REBALANCING" TOWARDS ASIA-PACIFIC.

* SAME > PANETTA: US OPEN TO DEFENCE TIES WID MYANMAR.

versus

* SAME > NO US BASE IN CHITTAGONG.
Posted by JosephMendiola 2012-06-03 23:07||   2012-06-03 23:07|| Front Page Top

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