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2010-09-13 Home Front: Politix

Defense Cuts Will Reach DC, Slow Economy

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Posted by Bobby 2010-09-13 12:23|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Could we cut some nondefense spending as well?

Posted by whitecollar redneck 2010-09-13 20:39|| 2010-09-13 20:39|| Front Page Top

#2 Blasphemy!

The Church of Obama states that non-defense can *NEVER* be cut no matter what!

Posted by CrazyFool 2010-09-13 21:35|| 2010-09-13 21:35|| Front Page Top

#3 For consideration by Americans = Amerikans...

To wit,

DAILY TIMES.PK > AMERICA FACES [Many Years of] EXPANDED THREAT FROM AL QAEDA: OBAMA, despite seeming weakness on the part of AQ + includ violent or malicious AQ activities agz the USA, Amers + Amer interests, done in the name of Third-Parties.

* NEWS KERALA > [Robert Blackwill]FORMER US DIPLOMAT [again] URGES NATO TO PARTITION AFGHANISTAN [Ethno-Religious lines] OR LOSE CONTROL. Argues that the Taliban are winning, + that the "Obama Troops Surge" from Iraq is more likely than not to fail given the curr Afghan withdrawal timeframes [2011-2015].

* WAFF > POSTER THread > COULD TURKEY SPLIT INTO THREE PARTS [Kurds in SE, Aegean or "White Turk" Region, Asian or "Black Turks" in Anatolia].

and

PAKISTANI DEFENCE FORUM > AMERICA'S "FINAL SOLUTION" FOR PAKISTAN [ + also IRAN + CHINA]. National Breakup into sovereign Polities ala POST-COLD WAR USSR.

* STRATEGYPAGE > IRAN QUIETLY MOVES ON BAHRAIN.

* SAME > [Daoyus] CHINA-JAPAN ROW BOILS DESPITE RELEASE OFF FISHING CREW [Chin Boat Capt. still held in Japanese custody].

* WMF > CHINA'S MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS QUIETLY ISSUES "WAR ULTIMATUM" [War threat] TO JAPAN OVER DAOYUS + DETAINED CHIN FISHING BOAT. JAPAN WARNED NOT TO UNDERESTIMATE CHIN'S RESOLVE TO DEFEND ITS CITIZENS OR ITS CLAIMS ON THE DAOYUS. CPLA ORDERED BY FOREIGN MINISTRY + CENTRAL MILITARY COMMISSION TO PREPARE MILOP PLANS FOR MIL RECOVERY OF THE DAOYUS FROM JAPAN.

* WMF > US "JAMESTOWN FOUNDATION" THINK TANK: CPLA CAN MILITARILY DEFEAT BOTH THE US + JAPAN IFF IT CAN OCCUPY PART OR ALL THE RYUKYUS/OKINAWA ISLANDS. CHINESE RECOVERY OF TAIWAN + DAOYUS, STRATEGIC PROJECTION OF PLA FORCES INTO WESTPAC FROM CPLA-OCCUPIED OKINAWA [andor other key Japanese islands]. DEV OF CPLA "DEFENSES-IN-DEPTH" AND LT COUNTER-ISOLATION OF US MILITARY POWER TO EASTPAC + US WEST COAST VIA ROUTINE CPLA VISITS [Local-Regio economics] + PERMANENT PLAN, PLAAF MISSLE SUBMARINE + BOMBER PATROLS TO GUAM, PEARL HARBOR, + SAN DIEGO, CA REGIONS.

IOW, CHINA = CPLA + CMC view NE ASIA [JAPAN-ROK-TAWAIN includ RUSS FE = SAKHALIN, SIBERIA] as a MAJOR = STRATEGIC MIL FRONT AGZ US-ALLIES.

SUB-IOW, NE ASIA = "FULDA GAP" for CHINA + CPLA.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2010-09-13 23:45|| 2010-09-13 23:45|| Front Page Top

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