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2015-05-03 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by g(r)omgoru 2015-05-03 04:06|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 You're acting like the devaluing of US treaty support is a bug. To the current administration, it's a feature.

Posted by ed in texas 2015-05-03 10:00|| 2015-05-03 10:00|| Front Page Top

#2 there are many options between do nothing at all, and declare all out war on iran

let the negotiations take place

Posted by anon1 2015-05-03 11:23|| 2015-05-03 11:23|| Front Page Top

#3 This is what happens when the tip of the spear is a putter.

Posted by Blossom Unains5562 2015-05-03 18:29|| 2015-05-03 18:29|| Front Page Top

#4 Similar has been said about the worth of its so-called "ironclad" Obama-led US commitment to its mutual defense treaties wid the Philippines + Japan, i.e. that the US is NOT obligated to respond to China's actions iff the latter occurred in "international/disputed" waters, andor iff the Philippines or Japan proves to be the "aggressor" even iff in preemptive move to protect their interests agz the bigger + more powerful Nuke-armed China.

Again, despite the advent of "Belt-N-Road" strategy ala China, Bejing has thus far shown no inkling that is willing to amend or give up its desire to control east Asia + minima 1/2 of the Pacific asper being a OWG Globalist "US-style" Co-Superpower. CHINA STILL WANTS ITS STRATEGIC ACCESS FOR THE PLA INTO WESTPAC + CENTPAC, ETC.

Cold War or post-Cold War, 9-11 "Sole Superpower or future OWG Co-Superpower, THE USA HAS OVERSEAS MILBASES EVERYWHERE, OR ACCESS TO SAME VEE REGIONAL ALLIES, WHILE CHINA + PLA [+ Putin-led Russia + Iran, ETC.] HAVE VERY FEW OR NONE.

CHINA + PUTINIST RUSIA + IRAN, ETC, WANT TO CHANGE THE ABOVE CALCULUS VEE THE US, WHICH THANKS TO ANTI-US US GLOBALIST OBAMA + ALIGNED IS WHAT WE'RE SEEING NOW IN THE MEDIAS, ALA CHINA = EAST-SOUTH CHINA SEAS, RUSSIA = CRIMEA, + IRAN = MIDDLE EAST. Iff BRAZIL doesn't want or is not ready to lead future OWG South American Union as a "US-style" Co-Superpower, safe to say CHRISTINA + ARGENTINA want the job.

AFAIC, the MAERSK TIGRIS = GUAM + PACIFIC ISLANDS = iff a shooting war ever breaks out in East Asia + a US-China confrontation occurs, the US' primary concern at that time will be to AVOID ANY TYPE OF NUCLEAR WAR AGZ CHINA THAT CAN SERIOUSLY DAMAGE OR DESTROY CONUS-NORAM + KILL MILYUHNS OF MAINLAND AMERICANS - as long as GUAM remains an unincorporated US territory, GUAM IS POLIICALLY + MILITARILY EXPENDABLE NO MATTER ITS MERITS.

Right now, both China + Radical Islam, the PLA + ISIS, Al-Qaeda, is just over the horizon in the Philippines + SE Asia, + GETTING CLOSER.

A 4-hour ride on a 747.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2015-05-03 20:12|| 2015-05-03 20:12|| Front Page Top

#5 More ...

* WORLD MILTARY FORUM > WARREN BUFFET: CHINA WILL BECOME A SUPERPOWER, ACCOMPLISH IN 40 YEARS WHAT IT TOOK THE UNITED STTAES OVER 200 YEARS TO ACHIEVE.

Can RISING IRAN + PUTINIST RUSSIA = "US-STYLE" OWG CO-SUPERPOWERS IRAN + RUSSIA, OTHER? DO THE SAME???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2015-05-03 22:11|| 2015-05-03 22:11|| Front Page Top

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