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2013-04-12 China-Japan-Koreas

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Posted by DarthVader 2013-04-12 12:59|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ] Top

#1 That's it, Pudgy, worry the Japanese, that's a winning strategy...

Posted by Steve White 2013-04-12 13:49|| 2013-04-12 13:49|| Front Page Top

#2 April 15th - Kim Il-Sung's birthday & US Tax Day - coincidence?

Hmmmm...

Posted by Raj 2013-04-12 13:59|| 2013-04-12 13:59|| Front Page Top

#3 If I were China I'd be pissed as now the Japanese have a serious motive to nuke-up and I think that's the last thing China wants.

My guess is Pudgy hoped Japanese pacifists would pressure the US to buy him off whatever the cost.

Posted by rjschwarz 2013-04-12 15:05|| 2013-04-12 15:05|| Front Page Top

#4 Face it. Japan can no longer depend on being under the U.S. Nuclear Umbrella - at lest not with Obama-Jarret in the White house. They may not have any choice but to go Nuclear - and they can go *very* nuclear in a very short period of time. And how about South Korea?

I don't think China would like that one bit. They need to curb their dog.

Posted by CrazyFool 2013-04-12 16:09|| 2013-04-12 16:09|| Front Page Top

#5 I don't think China would like that one bit. They need to curb their dog.

I disagree. We want Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Australia to go nuclear. That would pretty much put the "check and check-mate" on China's expansion plans.

We, the US, are mostly a non-player from a will standpoint and we might not be back for a long time.

I've begun to believe the Left's takeover is inevitable. Especially after talking to the young and coworkers.

Too many stupid people that think the government should be their nanny.

Posted by Secret Asian Man 2013-04-12 16:55|| 2013-04-12 16:55|| Front Page Top

#6 Agree that it would be good for Us (the free world) - but as I said China wouldn't like it.

Posted by CrazyFool 2013-04-12 17:29|| 2013-04-12 17:29|| Front Page Top

#7 Oh, I agree that they won't like it. I was disagreeing about curbing their dog. Let the dog yap, let China reap their rewards.

They've been a party to these games a long time, they've earned whatever they get. And Pyongyang needs to be glassed.

Posted by Secret Asian Man 2013-04-12 19:01|| 2013-04-12 19:01|| Front Page Top

#8 See also RENSE > [Guardian.UK] KOREA IS THE FOCUS, BUT THIS IS CHINA VERSUS JAPAN. BEIJING HAS ABSOLUTE CONTROL OVER NORTH KOREA, THIS CRISIS IS ALL ABOUT DISPUTED ISLANDS [UW Resources, strategic access] AND SECURITY FOR OIL SUPPLIES.

ARTIC = Ditto ultimately as per US-vs-China = China's "Manifest Destiny" + other.

"THE TRUTH", AS THEY SAY, FLOWS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN ALL OF THE ABOVE, + LIKELY A FEW NONE HAS CONSIDERED OR DISCOVERED YET.

But-t-t, "What does Truth have to do wid Politics [includ but not limited to Geopolitics]", as another adage sayeths.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2013-04-12 19:36|| 2013-04-12 19:36|| Front Page Top

#9 OIC - agreed. And glassing Pyongyang has other benefits - I've heard it's where the party upper-crust lives and worships the Kims....

Posted by CrazyFool 2013-04-12 19:45|| 2013-04-12 19:45|| Front Page Top

#10 And it would get rid of the ugly Ryugyong Hotel, too.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2013-04-12 21:07|| 2013-04-12 21:07|| Front Page Top

#11 Tokyo to be hit by the DPRK iff any war breaks out of iff Japan shoots down its Missle(s).

* RELATED DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > NORTH KOREAN PAPER WARNS OF JAPAN NUKE CATASTROPHE - HISPANIC BUSINESS.

NOKOR threatens to strike any + all of Nippon's NucEnergy plants + nuclear-related sites.

* SAME > ZHANG LIANGUI, MOST QUOTED CHINESE EXPERT/ANALYST ON NORTH KOREA, ESTIMATES 70-80% CHANCE OF WAR.

* SAME > [Policymic.com] WAR WID NORTH KOREA: SMALLPOX + BIOWEAPONS [ + ChemWar, Mixed/Hybrid Weapons, "Dual-Use" Techs] ARE THE REAL THREAT, NOT NUKES.

* DEFENCE FORUM INDIA > [Jewish Press] IRANIAN MILITARY CHIEF VOWS TO DEFEND NORTH KOREA FROM US?

Deputy CoS for Armed Forces MGEN. Masood Jazahiri.

I'M NOT SHOCKED, I TELL YA, I'M NOT SHOCKED!

* KYODO NEWS > JAPAN TO LOCATE MISSLE DEFENSE SYSTEM ON OKINAWA PERMANENTLY.

Guam's Washington Delegate Rep. Madeleione Bordallo is repor also pushing for some kind of permament BMDS for Guam.

Any Guam BMD would be Mid to End-Phase interception - NICE, BUT NOT ENUFF BY ITSELF AS THE US WILL ALSO HAVE TO PREVENT THE "DPRK" = MOTHERLY PLA AIRBORNE FORCES FROM DROPPING IN ON THE CNMI FOR "NON-MWR PURPOSES" = ARMED INVASION.
IMO the US = USDOD should base LR ABM-BMDS on Tinian, Saipan, + espec IWO JIMA = BONINS, + Guam, CNMI-based USN AEGIS surface ships.

RELATED DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > JMSDF, ROK NAVY, US NAVY DEPLOYED AEGIS DESTROYERS TO POSSIBLY INTERCEPT NORTH KOREAN MISSLE.

Nice, but I'm on Guam - as China desires to have both Guam + Hawaii [ + SSSHHHH 1/2 or more of CONUS-NORAM for "living space"] - you know, seeing the USA contained to EASTPAC circa 2020 or ASAP after - IMO THE MOST REALISTIC THREAT FROM THE "DPRK" = CHINA IS ANTI-COMMUNICATIONS, POWER GRID EMP DETONATIONS, COMMANDO OPS, + ESPEC PLA AIRBORNE FORCES ASSAULT.

Guam = TAIWAN = what matters to China is that the islands are taken, NOT how many casualties the PLA suffers in doing so.

* CHOSUN ILBO > WILL WASHINTON SEND MORE NUKES TO SOUTH KOREA {+ WESTPAC = includ Guam, Japan]?

Posted by JosephMendiola 2013-04-12 21:26|| 2013-04-12 21:26|| Front Page Top

#12 We must also bear in mind that Pakistan, where Radical Islamist groups may formally share Govt. power after 2014, is now Iran's BFF + strategic partner, + that Nuke-wannabe, OWG Caliphate-happy Iran intends to use Pakistan's LR startegic nuclear arsenal as a defensive cover agz US or US-led attack or invasion.

IOW, ANY LR NUKES FIRED AT GUAM, ETC. ISN'T ONLY FROM NE ASIA REGION, OR FROM THE DPRK OR CHINA.

Or even from IRAN???

US-VS-CHINA-VS-NUCLEAR-ISLAM/ISLAMISM in Asia or Asia-Pacific.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2013-04-12 21:38|| 2013-04-12 21:38|| Front Page Top

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