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2015-08-21 China-Japan-Koreas

US troops mobilise in South Korea as Kim Jong-un declares 'quasi-state of war': live

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Posted by Besoeker 2015-08-21 13:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 All for show. I think the Norks are hoping for a "peace talk" where they get food for the winter.

Posted by DarthVader 2015-08-21 14:10|| 2015-08-21 14:10|| Front Page Top

#2 Gee, I always thought we'd be kept on the compounds by State not wanting to 'provoke' the Norks, making us easy targets for the first SCUD rounds. Wonder what 'mobilised' means in PC talk, confined to barracks rather than deploy to wartime staging areas?

Posted by Procopius2k 2015-08-21 16:24|| 2015-08-21 16:24|| Front Page Top

#3 I thought that all we got was a cease fire, not a peace treaty back in the 50s, so strictly speaking we are already at war.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2015-08-21 22:00|| 2015-08-21 22:00|| Front Page Top

#4 Sounds great. Assemble a large formation, a couple divisions worth. Drive it up to the DMZ. Then head to the East 100 miles. Then back. Then head for the barracks. The Norks will burn up all the diesel in their country trying to counter-maneuver.

Posted by rammer 2015-08-21 22:23|| 2015-08-21 22:23|| Front Page Top

#5 Oh my, rammer. The things you think of!

Posted by trailing wife 2015-08-21 23:22|| 2015-08-21 23:22|| Front Page Top

#6 CNN AM has repor that US Milfors have resumed MILEX wid their SOKOR counterparts.

The proverbial "SHTF" isn't occurring just yet, although the way things are slowly-n-steadily escalating between China + PH,Vietnam, + now Japan the US should expect higher frequency of "intense/intensive incidents" as China is still showing no sign that it is willing to delay, amend, or give up on any its "post-US" MilPol ambitions.

IMO, China is counting that as long as it doesn't open fire first at US Regional Allies, POTUS Obama = US per se won't officially invoke its various Mutual Defense treaties wid its Regional Allies, allowing China to continue both its military buildups + reclamation activities, etc. + carve out its Co-Superpower "Sphere(s) of Influence" in East Asia + IOR widout fear of direct US intervention.

I FEAR US REGIONAL ALLIES MAY STILL END UP BEING UJILATERA FRUSTRATED + DISAPPOINTED IFF HOPED-FOR US SUPPORT PROVES INEFFECTIVE IN STOPPING CHINA'S ACTVITIES.

The Scenario is there, + realistic, that US Regional Allies will abandon their treaties wid the US, + side wid China itself or else join an increasingly ANTI-US NAM.

WINNER = CHINA [+ Putinist Russia, Iran].

PUT ANOTHER WAY, DON'T FEAR "RED DAWN", FEAR "RED DAWN II" AS CHINA + PLA INVADE THE USA WHILE ANGRY US ALLIES JUST SIT BACK + DO NOTHING TO SUPPORT THE US AGZ ENEMY INVASION???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2015-08-21 23:33|| 2015-08-21 23:33|| Front Page Top

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