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2014-05-16 China-Japan-Koreas

Abe Pushes for More Active Japanese Military

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Posted by trailing wife 2014-05-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11126 views ] Top

#1 See also RELATED JAPAN TIMES > CHINA VOICES CONCERN OVER ABE'S BID TO END PACIFIST DEFENCE POLICY.

* SAME > PACIFISM AT A CROSSROADS FOLLOWING PANEL'S VERDICT.

ARTIC = As an example, denotes that widout Japan having the Right to Collective Self-Defense, Japan may not be able to help its ally the US intercept any NOKOR LR Missle heading over the Pacific towards any sovereign American territory, e.g. GUAM.

IMO a NOKOR or PLA LRBM strike would be an act of last resort - personally, as resident of Guam I'm more concerned about a mass Conventional First-Strike via the Motherly PLA Airborne Forces + Air, Sub SPECOPS.

* NEWS ON JAPAN > JAPAN SDF TO DEFEND COUNTRIES WID CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS [Ties]| JAPAN MAY ALLOW SDF TO SUPPORT MULTI-NATIONAL FORCES [Coalition] IN COMBAT.

* CHOSUN ILBO > JAPAN'S ABE TAKES FIRST STEP TO ALLOW JAPAN TO GO TO WAR AGAIN.

versus

* TOPIX > CHINA THWARTS US CONTAINMENT WID VIETNAM OIL RIG.

Yuuup.

* SAME > A SECOND VIETNAM-CHINA WAR?

PHIL likely won't go to war agz China widout US backing; Vietnam on the other hand has the spunk to take China by itself widout the US but Vietnam = PHIL = lacks everything.

IMO WORST-CASE SCENARIO: VIETNAM = PHIL = ALLOW CHINA TO MILITARILY INVADE BUT THEN WAGE
"DEFENSIVE" GUERILLA/PEOPLE'S WAR ON LAND AGZ THE PLA. FYI this option has been brought up in recent past by both PHIL + Vietnam officials in response to possible mil conflict agz China.

* SAME > [The Hill] NUKE DEAL WID VIETNAM GOOD FOR THE US.

* SAME > [SCMP] PLA GENERAL BLAMES US, VIETNAM FOR UNREST + VOWS CHINA WILL NOT CEDE ["one inch"] OF DISPUTED TERRITORY.

PLA General Fang Fenghui.

* SAME > [VOA] PHILIPPINES MAY OFFER US NAVAL BASE ON WESTERN PALAWAN ISLAND, i.e. Oyster Bay.

* DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > CHINA TOLD TO MAKE FOES PAY AN "UNAFFORDABLE PRICE".

"CHINA DAILY" State-run media.

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FYI all the above + more is why I believe the US should base more BMD-capable AEGIS ships + THAAD on Guam, CNMI, + Iwo.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2014-05-16 01:51|| 2014-05-16 01:51|| Front Page Top

#2 SAME > [The Hill] NUKE DEAL WID VIETNAM GOOD FOR THE US

Wait, what???

Posted by trailing wife 2014-05-16 06:18|| 2014-05-16 06:18|| Front Page Top

#3 The Obama administrationlast week sent to Congress the text of a bilateral nuclear cooperation agreement signed in December by the United States and Vietnam. If lawmakers do not object during an ensuing 90 days of continuous session and review, the agreement will then enter into force.

Some critics argue that unless this agreement is renegotiated, the United States would take a step back in its global nonproliferation leadership role and thereby ease the way for Vietnam and other states to develop nuclear weapons capabilities.

Read more: http://thehill.com/opinion/op-ed/205876-nuke-deal-with-vietnam-good-for-us#ixzz31tw2co1y

Posted by Bobby 2014-05-16 13:36|| 2014-05-16 13:36|| Front Page Top

#4 More results of expert diplomacy from the smartest guy in the room.

Posted by ed in texas 2014-05-16 13:48|| 2014-05-16 13:48|| Front Page Top

#5 Charlie? With Nukes? WTF?

Posted by Shipman 2014-05-16 16:11|| 2014-05-16 16:11|| Front Page Top

#6 More results of expert diplomacy from the third smartest guy in the otherwise empty room.

FIFY

And lets not forget the Obama's administration habit of emboldening our (and their) enemies and refusing to back our allies.

Posted by CrazyFool 2014-05-16 16:33|| 2014-05-16 16:33|| Front Page Top

#7 Charlie? With Nukes? WTF?

Well, you make the cashier's check payable to "Kim Jong Un" and then it's all delivery details.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2014-05-16 17:42|| 2014-05-16 17:42|| Front Page Top

#8 As per "HAMBURGER HILL", dats M-I-S-T-E-R
VICTOR CHARLIE!

Iff OWG Globalism says Islamist Hard Boyz can get Nukes-WMDS, why NOT any + all other post-Cold War, 9-11 "Black Groups" e.g. Pro-Separatist ATZLAN MOVEMENT, + MEXICAN CARTELS, ETAL.???

Again, however rough or imperfect what matters is GLOBAL/UNIVERSAL "PARITY", NOT "INFERIORITY".

Posted by JosephMendiola 2014-05-16 20:06|| 2014-05-16 20:06|| Front Page Top

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