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2015-08-23 China-Japan-Koreas

Under Pressure from North Korea, U.S. Cancels Annual Military Exercise with South Korea

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Posted by Besoeker 2015-08-23 02:03|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 Step 1 in folding and allowing NK to rejoin "the community of nations"... just like Iran and Cuba. Three for one sale at Obie's market.

Posted by ed in texas 2015-08-23 08:06|| 2015-08-23 08:06|| Front Page Top

#2 Next Up! OBumbles bowing and apologizing to lil'Kimmie boy.

Stay tuned....

Posted by CrazyFool 2015-08-23 09:02|| 2015-08-23 09:02|| Front Page Top

#3 President redline's favorite sharpie was in the shop so he couldn't even issue another empty threat

Posted by USN. Ret. 2015-08-23 09:28|| 2015-08-23 09:28|| Front Page Top

#4 Surrender

The man hates America and takes any excuse to side with its avowed enemies.

Posted by Procopius2k 2015-08-23 09:33|| 2015-08-23 09:33|| Front Page Top

#5 Actually, if going hot is an even marginally possible situation, you want to cancel the exercises and flip the in-place people to war footing, quietly. Pull the exercise assets (especially command and logistics) because if TSHTF, they will need to flip to real mode in a hurry, instead of the pencil pushing of an exercise. And command and logistics are not exactly known as the most nimble parts of the TO&E, unlike the front line or combat arms units.

Notice one other thing: until they feature units and assets returning stateside (especially Navy and logistics), this "cancellation" means nothing.

Posted by OldSpook 2015-08-23 12:10|| 2015-08-23 12:10|| Front Page Top

#6 Updated: looks like the exercise is back on, after a "pause". Want to bet some OPLAN orders are now live?

Posted by OldSpook 2015-08-23 12:57|| 2015-08-23 12:57|| Front Page Top

#7 And FYI, the halt was called by the US Commander, USFK. Not Obama. Not any admin flunky. Not any political pressure. This was operational. Plus Obama is on vacation, so he probably only heard about it "in the news" like everything else he claims.

Posted by OldSpook 2015-08-23 12:59|| 2015-08-23 12:59|| Front Page Top

#8 So this move indicates a massive deterioration of Western deterrence of the NORKs rather than surrender to NORK demands.

Both alternatives bode ill for the future.

Posted by Elmerert Hupens2660 2015-08-23 14:02|| 2015-08-23 14:02|| Front Page Top

#9 I have a feeling the latest Kim in charge has slipped his moorings, especially if he is, as it seems, defying the Chinese.

Posted by OldSpook 2015-08-23 14:26|| 2015-08-23 14:26|| Front Page Top

#10 Maybe John Kerry will trade the Chinese North Korea for the Chinese to halt their expansion in the ocean. We looked the other way when Putin wanted Ukraine.

Posted by Airandee 2015-08-23 15:00|| 2015-08-23 15:00|| Front Page Top

#11 It makes you wonder if the Head of the Choom-Gang had a email server full of classified stuff too.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2015-08-23 15:22|| 2015-08-23 15:22|| Front Page Top

#12 I also think that the situation for Kimmie is getting unstable. He is threatening war to get the factions behind him. If enough of his high level people say enough, Kimmie will become a pork roast.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2015-08-23 20:59|| 2015-08-23 20:59|| Front Page Top

#13 Maybe Dennis Rodman will save the day.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2015-08-23 21:01|| 2015-08-23 21:01|| Front Page Top

#14 As per FREEREPUBLIC this AM, China is repor sending PLA forces to its border wid the DPRK, + circa 50 NOKOR Submarines have supposedly left their Navbases on either side of NOKOR + cannot be reliably located???

* CNN AM = both NOKOR + SOKOR are engaging in direct diplomatic communication over this latest incident.

NO SHOOTING BETWEEN THE TWO KOREAS JUST YET.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2015-08-23 21:17|| 2015-08-23 21:17|| Front Page Top

#15 Popcorn time.

Posted by Whiskey Mike 2015-08-23 21:37|| 2015-08-23 21:37|| Front Page Top

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