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Originally posted by hillbilly4rent
reply to post by 1IN7MILLION
No not yet
The South will do nothing to escalate the conflict. Nor will Pyongyang; its famously rabid rhetoric will prove as empty as always. North Korea’s dictator, Kim Jong-il, in this theory, is merely trying to boost his twentysomething heir, Kim Jong-un, or win more food aid for his starving people
www.telegraph.co.uk...
Panama is moving to make the teaching of Mandarin compulsory in all schools, in recognition of China's growing importance in the world economy.
Washington, Nov. 17: The United States faces the possibility of a nuclear "Pearl Harbor" after President Bill Clinton okayed the ceding of US control over the Panama Canal and with seemingly growing Chinese influence there, warned Thomas H. Moorer, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Wednesday.
Originally posted by arufon
What irks me is that the US can hold military exercises off of Taiwan and everyone
thinks it's just hunky dory.
but can you imagine if China tried holding military exercises off of (say) Cuba?
or California?, or DC?
People here would be in an uproar!!!
it's such a double standard where the US can behave in any fashion it desires
and NO ONE better interfere with what it's doing!
I for one am happy that someone is getting tired of this double standard and doing
something about it.
Originally posted by arufon
What irks me is that the US can hold military exercises off of Taiwan and everyone
thinks it's just hunky dory.
but can you imagine if China tried holding military exercises off of (say) Cuba?
or California?, or DC?
People here would be in an uproar!!!
it's such a double standard where the US can behave in any fashion it desires
and NO ONE better interfere with what it's doing!
I for one am happy that someone is getting tired of this double standard and doing
something about it.
After the United States and South Korea began naval exercises Sunday as a warning to North Korea, China hastily called for an emergency meeting of six countries.
At the same time, China called for an emergency meeting of the six principal countries involved: itself, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Russia and the United States. Reacting to the growing sense of crisis in the region, China’s foreign ministry hastily called a press briefing Sunday afternoon, with Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei calling for “emergency consultations” to be held in early December in Beijing.
Originally posted by arufon
What irks me is that the US can hold military exercises off of Taiwan and everyone
thinks it's just hunky dory.
but can you imagine if China tried holding military exercises off of (say) Cuba?
or California?, or DC?
Originally posted by Iamonlyhuman
Originally posted by arufon
What irks me is that the US can hold military exercises off of Taiwan and everyone
thinks it's just hunky dory.
but can you imagine if China tried holding military exercises off of (say) Cuba?
or California?, or DC?
People here would be in an uproar!!!
it's such a double standard where the US can behave in any fashion it desires
and NO ONE better interfere with what it's doing!
I for one am happy that someone is getting tired of this double standard and doing
something about it.
I hope I'm not putting words in your mouth.
Are you saying that you would be happy to see WWIII? Just to satiate your hate for this double standard?
Originally posted by NWOnoworldorder
reply to post by Vitchilo
funny how this is all kicking off when wikileaks is due to release thier files that aparently are going to cause "global havock".....i sniff a false flag..how bout u? be hard for people to have an uprising against the government when theres a war going on around them huh?.....
Originally posted by susp3kt
Originally posted by arufon
What irks me is that the US can hold military exercises off of Taiwan and everyone
thinks it's just hunky dory.
but can you imagine if China tried holding military exercises off of (say) Cuba?
or California?, or DC?
And that's exactly what they did when they launched a missle from a sub off the California coast the other week.edit on 28-11-2010 by susp3kt because: (no reason given)
Never underestimate Obama's willingness to bend knee to foreign powers. If China were to forcefully "request" the US to move our war games, I would expect the "Wimp in Chief" to comply.
Originally posted by phatpackage
reply to post by Vitchilo
Me thinks Obama is gonna comply
Not on your life!. America will not back down.There is too much pressure to react to these terrorist NK's
Originally posted by susp3kt
Originally posted by arufon
What irks me is that the US can hold military exercises off of Taiwan and everyone
thinks it's just hunky dory.
but can you imagine if China tried holding military exercises off of (say) Cuba?
or California?, or DC?
And that's exactly what they did when they launched a missle from a sub off the California coast the other week.
It was nothing more than more posturing. It will be a proxy war between China vs. US if this thing ever reaches a tipping point.edit on 28-11-2010 by susp3kt because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Gorman91
reply to post by Vitchilo
Us does the drill in that region every year. Plus, China doesn't care because they don't care about that side of the country. Most of US investments are in that part of the country. It would be like bombing your own bank. Stupid idea.